The Woe of Rainbows

Based on the song, "Rainbow Connection" Ty Kermit

The Woe of Rainbows

 

what worries me is how much i love a good mirage.

but most days i settle for bad ones.

what fools we must be.

we scour the earth for treasure.

the deep the sky.

we look under microscopes, in laundry baskets and shadows.

but why are there so many songs about rainbows?

they are beautiful, truly they are beautiful.

visions and illusions

even here, we search.

we add pots of gold at the end to make it worth our trouble-

a pot of ________ because everyone wishes on

stars while shutting their eyes.

what have we wished?

we wonder about rainbows

look for connections

we are stargazed and starcrossed-

we see.

but look what it's done.

 

but what do we see?

do we intersect with what is real?

or are we half asleep?

do we attempt sparks with our hearts?

with our lenses blurred?

 

 

to the left and to the right

i've heard

whispers.

He knows my name.

do we believe what we think because it's what we’ve been told?

we believe that we see.

what we see

are visions of illusions

versions that fade behind filters

of shame & decay

all are under a spell.

 

a fool fol-der-ol and fid-dle-dy dees for a rainbow.

what makes the fool a man? a man a fool?

not looking for a

pot of _____.

knowing treasure is no longer there.

a fool.

if love is a fool, then i am a fool.

for i know of treasure

not buried below

but seated above.

it is not a rainbow

filling the crevices of our mind

with the holes in our eyes.

 

someday all will find their

visions of illusions

will fade and their

treasure swept away.

 

that shadows cannot thrive in darkness,

microscopes are but blurred without sight

the laundry’s filth a stain within.

 

I am the connection.

why do you sleep?

lovers and dreamers- awaken!

 

a sweet song heard too many times to ignore.