Amelia in Nature

It isn’t always a mistake, she says.
Homegrown carrots taste so sweet
even if they must grow to accommodate rocks
left by glaciers on their way home.

Homegrown carrots taste so sweet
to herself and her child
left by glaciers on their way home,
like the hopping flight of a goldfinch.

To herself and her child,
they are a part of nature
like the hopping flight of a goldfinch,
or the neighbor’s hedge trimmer.

They are a part of nature
like her sweater the color of earth and sky,
or the neighbor’s hedge trimmer,
she reminds her son.

Like her sweater the color of earth and sky,
it isn’t always a mistake,
she reminds her son,
even if they must grow to accommodate rocks.