Love the 6/8 pattern you got going. The lyrics really match the feel of the guitar. I really like the lines:
We don't always know when everything ripe falls
Bending our knees to fill our bags before they're gone
To me it seems to hint at one of life's greatest challenges. To pick up fruit before it is ripe is often what inhibits us from trying. But without bending our knees, we will never be able to pick up any fruit at all so might as well bend away even if we aren't ready/don't think we're ready.
Thank you my friend. I have some apple trees and I thought of this line, what you described fits exactly with what I was going through when I wrote this.