Berries

[Wjames]

Berries

I searched the fields to sate my hunger,
and in the lush I found my plunder- 
berries, red as a fair maiden's lips-  I think this sounds better without "a fair"
I reached for a few, but my palm was pricked!- 
This line's a little bit awkward too, I would reword it to something like:
I reached for some, my palm got pricked!

since I was elated and filled with pleasure,
my mind had slipped from cautious measure- The first line in this couplet doesn't make sense without the second line, it's not necessarily a problem, but it tripped me up the first time I read it. You're also using a lot of words in the first line to say very little; that line is essentially saying "because I was excited". You might want to try and trim some of the fat; poetry's about using little to say a lot.
so my next attempt was taken with heed, You could cut "so", and switch "taken" to a one syllable synonym l here as well.
I reached in the brush at half the speed,
grabbing the ripest berry of the lot, 
so ripe, at a store, it could not be bought.
I dropped this berry into my mouth,
soon after, sensations began to spout,
for my taste buds put a fleeting mend
to the cut on my palm I had yet to tend. 
And whenever a day's events turn hairy,
I take a leave in search for berries,
as every bite is an instant escape,
that takes a little weight off of my plate.

There's lots of things you could trim in the second half as well, but it's the same general idea as the crits I gave in the first half.