Glorious Rainbow

Glorious Rainbow

A Poem by papaed
"

a little happiness and joy...answer to a paradise challenge.

"

Onto this gray and blue earth 

comes violent life-affirming weather.  

Into our lives a gray, wet symbol of dreary 

and sad emotions, of introspection, 

of reverent awe, and of humble recognition 

of our true tiny role in the cosmos.

 

Above this green and sparkly earth, 

driven by our yellow/white sun’s light 

and rain in joyous harmony together 

comes an optical phenomena, 

an ethereal arc of light 

refracted through water droplets.  

A magical floating spectrum chandelier 

made of tiny crystals in the ethos 

hung to light our spirits and raise our hopes. 

 

A masterful bright bridge 

from earth to sky and sky back to earth.  

Always purest red to the heavens 

and richest violet to the earth. 

with contrasting bright yellow, 

bright green, bright blue, and indigo 

flowing radiant and rich between.  

Into our lives a humbling, 

glowing neon sign, a promise of cheer, 

of bright and lovely things to come, 

of sadness forgotten, 

of salvation after sin, 

of life’s continuation. 

 

Oh half-circle symbol 

of the marvelous mysterious circle 

of death and life’s renewal! 

Oh glorious rainbow!

© 2008 papaed


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I reread this .. many here have lost their homes and belongings due to flooding from the Missisip, Black , White and Arkansas Rivers..hope there is a rainbow for them on the horizon .. one important thing though ,, still alive and together.. beautiful... a little abstract, or different structure is good .. xoxo

Posted 16 Years Ago


wow this was beautiful... the structure of it threw me off but i did not allow that to deter my appreciation

Posted 16 Years Ago


This is beautiful. I love rainbows and the magic that they hold with them. It's always amazing to me that out of the worst and most destructive weather, we are still given this rainbow which always brings hope and beauty to the world again.

Posted 16 Years Ago


Oh, this is beautiful. The descriptions and images are so lovely and the comparison to our lives is a good analysis , a very beautiful poem :)

Chloe
xoxo

Posted 16 Years Ago



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Added on March 5, 2008
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papaed
papaed

Kansas City, MO



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no erudite pontifications, no complex extrapolations no intentional hurtful lies, just simple age-wise aliteration and prose, of a man who's in the throes of living day to day from his head down to.. more..

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