"Nature’s first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold Her early leaf’s a flower But only so an hour ... " † ~ gold (for pam) nature’s first green is gold, but not in vain though fleeting blossoms play but fleeting role brief flowers brighten even brief domain and cast their radiance to quiet soul where some see grief, i celebrate release in certain fall of blossom back to seed a quiet yielding e'er becomes increase as fading light e'er teaches us to heed each moment’s pulse : if nothing gold can stay yet nothing gold is lost, but only moves as one hour’s leaf becomes another’s clay their transformation timeless beauty proves as all things born of time in life's sweet dance reveal perfection in impermanence rjh 17mar2026 ~ † Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (New Hampshire, 1923) artwork by pam, "meditating on sunflowers" style inspired by BlueRise, "Violince (original upload)" https://suno.com/song/6ab96a11-46a0-4cb0-8451-13b7e7eb7be9
