Hidden significance

Its glistening edges shine in the factory lights as the treadmills creak.
Its yellow round body clinking as the chain swings.
The machines work tirelessly around its head with many more to come.
Each one no different from the rest.
Unique in no way to the eye.
The planes take to another land while it is hidden from the world encased in cardboard.

It arrives to its destination to fulfil its final purpose.
The encasing is opened to the blazing lights, its circle body shining in the light.
It awaits its fulfilment as young faces walk by.
Each face filled with such different purpose and passion.
Finally, it is passed on.
From hand to hand to hand.
Then it reaches a small boy.
Who doesn’t know which way to go
And hides what he knows and loves in it.

Now it is not a simple piece of metal.
Left on the shelf gaining dust.
Now it is filled with warmth.
And is a symbol for one and only one.