Gratitude, For the Fruit as Food

A cumquat!

Yum!

still half orange and half green

tucked where it was

barely seen.

But I know to watch and wait

and enjoy first fruit

at the pot-plant gate!!!

Well, you see

it was ‘the only’,

a single fruit from the tree.

a single fruit

mindfully,

eaten,

and enjoyed by me.

But wait I think there’s more,

the only fruit on this tree

and I ate it,

so purposefully.

I have never tried

nor seen this fruit.

I looked up close

and then I touched

and it came

into my hand

so easily.

I stood there looking at this cumquat,

and first bite

I saw,

tiny segments, and half was gone,

second bite was the green half

and it too

was pleasurable,

these two bites

so measurable.

Thank you to the small tree

for the gift of fruit you gave to me.

(Written on January 12, 2014)