A poem cast off in the field

“You shall not see the ox [Hebrew: ‘Shor’] of your brother ... cast off, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely return them to your brother”
Deut. 22:1

“’Shor’- Gradational variant: Shir (sing)”
R. Hirsch, Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew


Now here’s a trick I’ve seen before:
The Hebrew word for “ox” is “Shor”
And some say “Shor’s” a form of “Shir”
And so I grin from ear to ear-

For thus, the verse would seem to say,
Regardless if it’s night or day,
To take lost songs a ”brother” sings,
And surely bring them back to him.

Now all my poems form one song,
And surely, I’ve said something wrong,
Like trying to say a sphere’s a box,
Or that a song is like an ox.

With oxen cast off in the field,
And Elul as your shining shield,
Return the song so we can be
In new-found peace and harmony.