Capturing the Sun

 

I saw the sun return to me

in the flickers of the fire pit well

staving off the chill of the night.

By day its rays assist the tree

in separating carbon from oxygen

building a majestic lattice-work.

But when the day is done

and the tree has dropped its pieces

I gather them up and apply the work

of reconnecting oxygen to carbon

and the sun returns to me to warm 

my old bones and frozen toes.

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