Rainbow

The woman sat with aged hands rested at her knee

And she turned and laid her fading, wise and gentle eyes on me

The shadows of her beauty were so arresting to behold

And echoed in her face were the stories she had told

It’s time to sing of rainbows, fleeting brilliant in the sky

Tears and smiles together chase the deeper shades of fear

Soaring colours circling, thunder laden lie

Love and life together take the truest heart to bear

I can see your sadness, come soulful, sorry child

And sit and talk with me and watch the heavens for a while

Pay the price of badness with a willing open heart

And listen to the wisdom of the secrets I impart

Oh what richness I can feel within my grasp

If I could only cast the coldness from my mind

Oh what joy is lost in the search for something more

When happiness lies waiting at my door

I sat down close beside her and smelled the summer in her hair

I never felt such warmth and peace of the kind she had to share

Mother, sister, daughter, and unconditional friend

The sweetest truth she taught me, life takes courage to the end

It’s time to sing of rainbows, fleeting brilliant in the sky

For tears and smiles together chase the deeper shades of fear

Soaring colours circling, thunder laden lie

Love and life together take the truest heart to bear