Rainbow – A poem for Eliza
I thought I saw you through the raincloud
A speck of colour in the sky
I packed my bag, right there and then
I cast my fears aside
And I set out on a journey
Which others trod a thousand times
There was nothing going to stop me
My dreaming fuelled the climb
For days the rain beat down upon me
Trickled water down my back
I dried myself off
Took a deep breath
And I paced along that track.
I’m sure I saw you through that raincloud
A band of colour in the sky
You’re my entire focus
My who, my where, my why
And now I see you getting closer
The hues of hope light up the sky
And my faith is getting stronger
And my dreams are soaring high
Yet for months, the rain beats on me
Beads of water down my back
I dry myself off
Take a deep breath
And face the storms constant attack
I stare straight at you through the raincloud
An arch of beauty lights the sky
And I’m staring at you wildly
I stretch out on tip-toes, but why –
Why, when I get near you
Do you seem so far away?
Why does the cloud come and take you?
Why do you fade in to the grey?
For years, the rain beats down upon me
Pools of doubt coming flooding back
Sometimes I dry myself off
Remember to breathe
I’ve no choice…
I think I’ll turn back.
Because 5 times I chased you through those rain clouds
And I reached in to the sky
Each time, my fingertips swept through you
Each time, a piece of hope would die.
And as the rain beat down upon me
I threw my shirt from off my back
‘Enough for now’ I shouted
For, I had come to the end of the track.
But, just then…
The rain stopped falling
As the last tear dropped from my eye
Suddenly, without warning,
A bright light filled up the sky
A rainbow, smiled right above me
The sun’s rays bounced off my back
I dried my tears off
Took a deep breath
Her beauty took me aback
Pink was the colour of her skin
Pools of blue were the shade of her eyes
Red is my heart full of love for her
Flaxen hair, like the morning sunrise
White, the colour of pureness,
Green, the colour of life
A whole spectrum danced round the skyline
Displacing the darkness of strife
Seven colours in a rainbow
Seven heartbeats heard my heart
Two hear it on the outside
Seven felt it from the start
This time when I reached out for the rainbow
And stretched out my arms and my spine
You held your hands towards me
I could finally say,
You were mine.
By Vicki