Nothing Gold Can Stay
Written by Savannah Brodeur on 8/12/2008 3:25 PM



As days go by and our lives get busy we often find little time to recollect what's really important to us. Like Amber for instance. Not to blame anyone because even I, myself have fallen into this spiral that at one point infuriated me to no end. How can I get upset at the world for moving on? Like I've said time and time before I have not been able to move on so easily... but I realize that I have no right to be upset with anyone else for moving on. I apologize to anyone that felt I was directly or indirectly referring to them in my last few posts.
Some were more obvious than others. Again, I'm sorry for that. I'm not promising to never again post like that, but I will try to keep those posts in check. Even now I am thinking heavily of a poem that I cannot seem to get out of my head because I have been making a memory book for Erik for a while now. (This work in progress started shortly after Amber died.) So the will give you an idea of how long this is taking me. One poem in particular will always be Amber's in my heart, so I'll share it with you and you can comment on it if you like. Either way, I hope you enjoy it.
A Poem by Robert Frost
".....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.