Nothing Gold Can Stay

This is a poem written by Robert Frost in 1923:

 

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower,
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down today.
Nothing gold can stay.

This is my favourite poem by Robert Frost, since it shares a message that applies to life.

Life is “gold”, beautiful and valuable.

Eventually, since life moves in waves and cycles, the gold will fade.

Just like the fullest, prettiest flower dies in time.

Appreciate the little things in life, nature and everything/everyone around you while you can.

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Determination in her eyes,
Sorrowfulness attacking her heart,
Lungs without air,
Struggling to keep up.

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She ties her shoes laces,
And she is ready.
Ready to face more failure,
To show everyone what she can’t do under the pressure.

Rain drops hit her hard on her neck
They urge her to quit,
They tell her to stop
It’s done, it’s over.
But she fights back because it’s not.

She is exhausted,
Even when everyone looks fine,
She can’t understand why.
Water… she didn’t bring any.
The other girls did, and all they do is laugh.

She could run far away,
Maybe cry under a cherry blossom tree.
Because everything she ever does,
Is nothing more than a failure,
Failures that can’t compete
With a perfect vision
Of what she could be.

 

– by Chloe

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Unnatural silence
Only the sound of pounding hearts
We have no fresh air,
Until the day one disappears.

“This isn’t how it’s supposed to be!”
I know you see it
Every day we insist it’s all okay.
Unspoken, there aren’t any words anyway.

Love survives hurricanes,
Distance, heartbreak and death
And even stupid love-poem clichés!
And in your head it can’t be erased.

Gone like the wind,
Tear drops resemble rain.
Nothing will ever be the same,
I’ll never forget that day.

 

-Original by Chloe-

Spring!

I wrote this as I was walking from the bus station today.

 

Spring.
Green grass
Soft flower petals,
And the faint smell
Of spring rain

Umbrellas and boots
Smiles and great big puddles
That we splash into
Friendships building, weather warming

Spring is light
That passes through the rain
Creating streaks of colours
A work of art in the sky

Delicate steps,
We dance with the shadows
Of Spring raindrops
Falling on the piano

Tulips and daffodils and dandelions!
Vibrant colours for all to see
Red and orange and even violet
The sweet fragrance that the gentle wind carries

Love is in the air,
And happiness resides in our hearts.
Love that will last forever
Laughter that stays an eternity.

 

by Chloe

Thank you!