WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.870 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.870 --> 00:00:03.990 align:middle line:90% "Ripeness." 00:00:03.990 --> 00:00:09.680 align:middle line:84% Ripeness is what falls away with ease, 00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:13.670 align:middle line:84% not only the heavy apple, the pear 00:00:13.670 --> 00:00:21.550 align:middle line:84% but also the dried brown strands of autumn iris from their core. 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:24.970 align:middle line:84% To let your body love this world that 00:00:24.970 --> 00:00:31.240 align:middle line:84% gave itself to your care in all of its ripeness with ease 00:00:31.240 --> 00:00:37.450 align:middle line:84% and will take itself from you in equal ripeness and ease 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:40.600 align:middle line:90% is also harvest. 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.730 align:middle line:84% And however sharply you are tested, 00:00:43.730 --> 00:00:48.490 align:middle line:84% this sorrow, that great love, it too 00:00:48.490 --> 00:00:53.130 align:middle line:90% will leave on that clean knife. 00:00:53.130 --> 00:00:54.000 align:middle line:90%