I awoke
in the dark
of the night.
The kitchen
lights were on,
my sister
at the counter,
young hands
in a bowl
of bright red
berries, her eyes
asking help,
I don’t know
what to do
with all this –
the berries,
she meant, which
I took in
to my own
hands, hungry
for ripe fruit
Molly MacLeod grew up in Bucksport and now lives in New Jersey where she is studying for a doctorate in ecology and evolution.