First Frost
The rose’s petals were stiff and brittle,
a gift from some northern wind,
and though this fate I should not belittle,
the spite I could not defend.
Nonetheless I felt anger settle,
loss that would never mend,
beautiful flower is now nettle,
the start to a colder trend.
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