Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2 | Page 55

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JEFF FEARNSIDE

FROST KILLS LEAVES
Frost kills leaves,
frightens sap inward,
but without it,
how else would the soil grow?
Frost frightens sap inward
and kills, but without it,
how else would the soil grow?
Frost kills
what cannot pull its essence inward
and feed itself through hard times.
Plants drop, leaves fall,
but how else would the soil grow?
In nature, the dead always
rise victorious.

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