Rainbow

A BCD poem about the rainbow.

I wrote this in 2006 for a writing marathon.  It's a poem about the colors of the rainbow.

 

Picture credit to Don Smith.

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Red:

 

Round relics of your inner plummet

Trail wet rivers down your cheeks

To pool in the depths

Of darkness hidden

Behind round, ruby lips.

 

Orange:

Even for a lack of rhyme,

The color lacks nothing more

Than a cover of drab.

But who would want such dingy,

Vapid casing

To such a vibrant hue?

 

Yellow:

As warming as the sun,

It tickles at my skin.

“Go away!” I shout—

Mentally of course—

As I shoo away the feeling

Of sluggish, scorching, sizzling

Rays of pure delight.

 

Green:

The Earth, the Earth!

Such grounded Earth,

With roots and centers and support.

The grass parts for feet and fingers

But remains to catch my fall;

From high or low,

Its hands are as soft and molding

As the clay it carries.

 

Blue:

“The oceans of emotions,”

They mutter with frizzled hair

And thickened glasses;

Reflected stars

Tell our futures to the cloud-dappled sky

As the rain dimples

The waters surface

And leaves footprints on our futures.

 

Purple:

Elegance, mayhap,

In the form of that eye-catching dress,

Stroking the ballroom floor in great streaks

That match the strength of your

Confident, imperious, and graceful steps.

The floor is yours

In a dazzling display of status.

 

Pink:

The girls swoon

And giggle

At the charming gestures of that prince,

Ever in cutting suits and silver shells,

As he dazzles the men of the court,

Never allowing his grin to falter.

The female eyes that follow him

Spread painted fingers

Over delicate, dissembling

Flowers of carnation-colored cloths.

Reviews

[poet2angels (lynda)]

Lovely...Such a wonderful flow of colors ..
Beautifully written
Ty for entering!

Lynda

[T]

beautiful