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A Silver Shaft Appeared at the Temple
Copyright (c) 1993, Jim Reid
All rights reserved
A silver shaft appeared at the Temple
shining among the gold.
Did it appear overnight like a Spring mushroom,
or was it there much longer - hiding?
Anomaly, or portent? I wonder...
I prayed for a sign that I might know:
Does this foreshadow the end of the present,
or perhaps the beginning of the next?
Silence.
I searched the temple carefully. More silver
where once only golden gleamed.
Silver on the crown and the crest, too.
And the golden shafts are thinner now -
worn away in friction with time.
When did I stop growing up
and start growing old?