Day 20: Rainbow
a poem a day in the month of may
Rainbow
Science is the thing I don’t get.
I have learned how a rainbow
is formed,
the colors we think we see
in the sky above us,
creating an arc over the land.
What I do get, however,
is how I feel when I see one,
when the rain passes on
and there is magic
hovering over us for a moment.
That’s all I know,
that I am a human being,
unable to grasp how science
and magic and the Universe
conspire to give us this
sign of hope and peace,
this symbol of love that
will always be there for us
exactly when we need it.
ROYGBIV
Representative
Of all
You, me, her, him, them
God's promise
Beyond our ingrained preconceptions
Inclusive of everyone
Vowing to press on until all humankind experiences equality.
Karri Temple Brackett
May 20, 2023
https://themarvelousandthemundane.com/2023/05/20/roygbiv/
Dear Rainbow,
You’re the liminal arc
bending, stretching through my life
a multitude of colors
full spectrum manifest
Dear Rainbow,
Our ancestors named you Bifröst
a bridge between two realms
mortal Midgard and celestial Asgard
connecting human and divine
Dear Rainbow,
We chose you as the coda
our wedding recessional
arms tightly woven together, beaming
singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”
Dear Rainbow,
You’re the liminal arc
fully illusion and fully real
an alchemized ellipsis
punctuating the circle of life