<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Untamed</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">We measure the afternoon in wild raspberries,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">pulling to our mouths the abundant ripe fruits </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">like the feral beings we are. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Fingers stained red and lips stained red </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">and the moments stained red with joy.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">If it is not smart to speak of love,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">then let me not be smart. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Let me speak of love that flourishes</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">like wild raspberries in a rainy summer.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Let me live into love as undomesticated</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">as these brambles that line the creeks.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Let me remember today</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">by the sweet and tart taste of wild berries, </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">how softly they fell into our palms.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Let me be eager for love </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">as the look on my daughter’s face</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">when she dragged me by the hand</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">back to the raspberry patch saying <i class="">more, more.</i></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">- Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer</span></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div></div></body></html>