.........Walking The Rainbow
I put one foot down lightly,
Walk from blue to yellow,
Admire gold glittering,
Shimmering
Trees into wizards'
Spells...
Did I not walk this way
Before?
Step from gold to red...
Hold the light of stars
Speeding
Away from the Earth?
Come back! Oh, please
Come back!
But, set on their way...
Never back.
I step from red to
Purple,
The color of royalty
In ancient Tyre. A king.
A queen.
Did I wear the Purple,
Or was I a beggar in
The streets...
From purple back to
Blue.
Did I see that Mayan
Blue?
Know how it was mixed?
Or, was I sacrificed
At dawn, while Quetzals
Flew
In beauty?
A while on the Rainbow...
Gazing, dreaming,
Desiring...
Ah, it was ever so...
All I ever wanted was
A place in
The sun...
Elysabeth Faslund...Poemhunter.com
2007-12-06 12:08:42 · 4 answers · asked by Elysabeth 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
I find this amazing. I love the historical references, they add such depth and turbulent beauty. And then the poem comes to such a gentle conclusion. I really love this one.
2007-12-06 12:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a lovely poem! I've never walked on a rainbow, but I crawled with a friend up the double yellow line on Ringwood Avenue. And I do use Roy G. Biv as an alias from time to time
2007-12-06 20:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really love this. Truly beautiful.
2007-12-06 20:54:41 · answer #3 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm right there...very beautiful!!!!
2007-12-07 02:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋