Ancient Bridle Motif

During a search of the vast
library -
for a particular old volume,
an ancient
bridle motif fell out,
chiming onto the wooden floor.

Bending down to pick it
up,
I saw it was gold,
embossed,
with a red-half-man-half-horse,
and indeed, was
inscribed
with sun and
moon - intact.

The fire was flaring
in the old stone
hearth,
so I threw it
in -
only to find
it became richer still,
the longer it
glowed
in the flames.

copyright Monika Roleff 2005.