What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)?
Not all we have is ours to keep
Not all we seek is lost.
I had lost my wedding ring
And I was in distress.
The worst place I could lose it
On our allotment plot.
What was worse a bonfire
Burning lots of wood.
Must have pulled the ring right off
With my gardening glove.
The chances of me finding it
Really not a lot!
I poked around on that rough ground
But didn’t seem much hope
I guess it came too easily off
Because my hands were cold.
I did my best to find the thing
But there was not a chance.
Too many places I had been
Gathering up the wood.
So I went home to tell my wife
Who wasn’t pleased with me.
She should have been more angry
But I guess is used to me.
The ring was lost for three full days.
I thought it really gone.
We had given up on it
Were feeling quite forlorn.
But three days later we went back
To tidy up the fire
And raking up the ashes
Were amazed to find it there.
It had changed its character
Tempered in the fire.
But somehow it’s more precious
And I love it better now.
The gold looks slightly pitted
But I don’t mind at all.
For what was lost has now been found
Has character – is cool.
It feels to me a different ring
More special still to me.
Somehow it’s more magical.
A really special thing.
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Aw…a lovely tale, yes I can see how your wedding ring is even more precious (cool) to you now.
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