Conquering Rainbows

With the sun shining on my right side
And the clouds pouring rain on my left
It seemed to me, I didn’t have too far to go
To reach the most brilliant rainbow I had ever seen yet

I ran as fast as my little feet could take me
Before the spectacle could up and disappear
My whole life, I wanted to scale rainbows
I may as well do it right now and here

When I reached the beginning I was almost blinded
The red and orange were hot to my touch
But when I grabbed a hold of the yellow and green
They didn’t hurt so much

I placed one foot on the blue; the other on the indigo
I used the violet underneath me, to point out which way to go

The slope started off steep; it took everything I had to climb
As up and up and up I went, losing all track of time

At the top of the rainbow I could see forever
The earth beneath me and the heavens above
I had never felt this feeling before
I’m pretty sure that they call it “love”

I just sat there in peaceful silence
With the colors wrapped around my limbs
If happiness was a deep blue ocean
I had just jumped in it for a swim

The time had come for me to descend
As the sun was starting to set
I slid down the rainbow like a playground slide
On a ride I will never forget

When I reached the end of the rainbow
I found disappointed people looking for gold
But fortunes aren’t found at the end of the rainbow
It’s in the journey – or so I am told
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Sweetheart Avatar
March 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM
congrats Joe on a stellar write and win for free verse contest by Kirby luv..
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March 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations on your super win Joe. Love, Carol
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March 4, 2012 at 10:13 PM
Congratulations, Joe, for a first place finish in my free verse contest! To put it simply, your poem brightens my day with hopeful spirits and thoughts of blue skies. I would be hard-pressed to find a poem that made me feel as good on the soup, and that is why I took the time to make sure this poem appeared first.  -KMD
Onclaud Avatar
February 28, 2012 at 12:47 AM
it is said, " it's not the joureny, but the destination.." enjoyed the soulful flow of expressions here.. ;) huggs!
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February 27, 2012 at 10:13 PM
This is a really great poem Joe, I enjoyed reading it,
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