All that is gold does not glitter

Before you read below poem, bear in mind that I paraphrased J.R.R. Tolkien instead of quoting him directly, Therefore I write: “Not all that glitters is gold” while Tolkien himself put it rather more poetically: “All that is gold does not glitter”. Though I have chosen to change it slightly in order to make it fit the purpose of my little poetic bout. Allow me this poetic freedom and enjoy if you will, my scribblings below.

As J.R.R. Tolkien once told:
“Not all that glitters is gold.”
And he must have been wise,
as his name doth comprise:
of not one R but two and a J.
Yet there is more to this phrase I say:

Not all that glitters is gold.
Truth this sentence doth hold.
Though why does it matter?
Whether there is gold on your platter,
when there glitters so much more?
Feast your eyes at this splendor:

A leather-bound treasure,
doth not glitter a measure.
Though dull and white sheets,
contain great and marvelous deeds.
They can inspire and even instill:
Reason, and hope with the stroke of a quill.

To the canvas applies the same:
as layers of paint fashion their fame.
While no glitter exists in paint,
it easily makes spectators faint.
It doth endow a craving of misbehaving.
Or inspire great and glorious raving.

Invisible wrinkles of air even can:
provide more wealth there and then;
than the greatest treasure known to men.
Strings strung on wood or pipes softly blown,
bring tears to the eyes of the young and the grown.
Glitters not this tear more than the gold of a crown?

Does it therefore really matter,
if it is indeed gold that doth glitter?
When there is so much more wealth than wealth?
The sounds in the air, that stands up every single hair.
The tantalizing vision of paint on a wall or written words that do enthrall,
hold more value than all the gold, or any at all.


Have the loveliest of days in the best of all possible worlds!