“Where are the gold rings?” we query
Five more birds – a poultry song – how leery!
Gold-ringed pheasants, so we are told,
Not jewellery, such assertion is bold.
Bible’s first books some insist
Are the five rings we aren’t meant to resist
Foundations of gold in precious metal
Rather than feathers and wings that seem much more fickle.
Yet Spirit is fluid and likened to wind
In times of beginning, she did brood o’er the deep
On wings that are broad and swift to achieve
The Torah’s intention to give and receive.
So five golden rings, whether they be bird or be bling
Give us good reason to dance and to sing!
(c) Dennis Ryle December 2024
Wondering Pilgrim 