Age is greater than beauty

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Timeless, aren't these words?  They convey, if there must be one, the central tenet of these texts.  They does not shed light on the plot.  Their truth runs deeper than that. This is one of the Creative Wizard's core lessons:  Don’t judge superficially.  Age gives validity.

The poem alerts us to this through its lyrics.  It does not say “All that glitters is not gold;” The lesson there is to be wary of deceptions.  As written, it urges us to take a careful look at all we see.  We cannot judge it quickly.

How can you know if a wanderer is not simply lost unless you observe for a while, finding patterns and purpose where originally none were apparent?  How can you say the old does not wither, unless you wait for it to be older, still – just in case time was wanting.

Ashes appear only where fire once was.  “Renewed” & “Crownless again” both imply the future shall mirror the (glorious) past.  Our text will not end with a new era – it will end with an old era that was interrupted being re-established.

In honor of the Gettysburg address’ 150^th anniversary I will keep this post to 272 words (poem included).  These words speak for themselves.  It is a poem of great worth.