Lives are like the canvas all white and clear
That too soon begins to cloud up with fear
Add a hint of ochre as we all grow
With colors God paints into each rainbow
If circles or squares lapse into the breach
May they be beyond lost destinies reach.
As each canvas becomes part of the dream
Of what we’ve reached for or where we have been
Or the brushes get tired or weather worn
Take care we don’t all get tattered or torn !
We search for the rainbow to show
These colors wherever we go
The blue for the calm of the sky
The yellow to keep our hope high
Green to remind us of rebirth
And brown like the color of earth.
There’s purple to honor our love
Of God and the angels above
While red brings great passion to life
With orange to challenge the strife.
Now lavender favors our past
The pink helps the sweetness to last.
The chartreuse works to calm the mind
But aqua seeks patience to find
The peach has a wonderful glow
And the gray, the wisdom to know.
I think the magenta’s the best
It outshines the whole of the rest
I wonder if God wore a coat
Would pale lily capture His vote ?
This morning I awoke with lyrics in my head, “look, look, look to the rainbow, follow it over the
hill and the stream”. It reminded me of God’s promise to Noah after the deluge that He would
set “His bow in the sky” as a token of His covenant with mankind. Isn’t that a lovely thought?
Just the image of a rainbow brings quivers to the heart and gladness to the eyes, so very
magical . Good choice ! Lyricists romanticize rainbows as in “Finian’s Rainbow” ; “The
Wizard of Oz” with its wistful classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, which leads us to
William Wordsworth in a similar vein: “My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the
sky: So was it when my life began; So it is now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die ! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to
each by natural piety”. Wow ! However, today I choose to embrace the last stanza of “Look
to the Rainbow”. “Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream
Follow the fellow, follow the fellow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream”.
I’m okay with that, how about you ?
Sincerely,
Claire B.
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Claire V. Bogdanos 