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Still, It Glows

after “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost



The leaves don’t ask 
to keep their fire—
they flare, then give 
themselves to fall.
I’ve tried to hold
what light I could,
but even morning
knows to let it go.

Copyright © Bernard F. Asuncion

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