Tiny 2,000-year-old golden bell found in Jerusalem: A tiny golden bell which was lost in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago during the Second Temple period has been found among ruins near the Old City, Israel's Antiquities Authority has saidLittle Golden Bell
Little golden bell
lost
for 2000 years-
a precious treasure
and token
of times gone by
What stories did you hear
when you were first created
bought and sold
and then later- through the ages
as you hid in Palestine?
What songs and hymns stirred
your heart to beat
underground
Did footsteps echo
in your ear
coming and going
Shall we argue now
as to your religion
and rightful heirs...
Fondly remembering the freedom
and the beauty found
in my own American childhood
(and the silly seriousness of children)
I like to think
you belonged to a young girl
A girl with joy in her heart
and a brilliant mind...
even brighter than your gold polished
A girl able to balance on a beam
A girl whose own story
we will never know
She is free to simply be
no ID card- no passport
no prison- no politics
no accusations
no religion
no names
Just life
being lived
little golden bell
perhaps she meant
to drop you.
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