Carrot

By Leah Naomi Green
Take all summer,
your ember
 
from the sun,
its walking meditation.
 
Store it in small
vaults of light
 
to keep
the rest of us
 
when winter seals
around each day.
 
We'll flicker
to the table.
 
We'll gather
to your orange flame.

Copyright Credit: Leah Naomi Green, "Carrot" from The More Extravagant Feast.  Copyright © 2020 by Leah Naomi Green.  Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press, www.graywolfpress.org.
Source: The More Extravagant Feast (Graywolf Press, 2020)