EVERYTHING GOLD CAN STAY

everything gold can stay
a response to 'nothing gold can stay' by robert frost
by: allie merrick

frost said nothing gold can stay
but i do not see things that way

while nature's first green is gold
her every shade we must behold

because her early leaf's a flower
we must enjoy each fleeting hour

when leaf subsides to leaf
we can't give into grief

sure dawn goes down to day
but everything gold can stay

if to the memories we hold
we own those moments of gold

Robert Frost poetically professed that ‘nothing gold can stay’, but I disagree. I have too many golden moments that I have lived and continue to relive as often as I wish by closing my eyes and remembering. Nothing and nobody can be taken from us if we hold them in the memory of the moment in which we held them. While time lays claim to every moment we’ve had, have and will have, we can share ownership if we accept the present and acknowledge the past for the beauty and brilliance they offer.