Rainbow Warrior
Poem #263 • At the end there is no gold if we pass in silence
Rainbow warrior
standing at the edge of light
what will you do
when it burns your eyes
taking color away
in blinding beams?
Retaliate from the seam at the threshold of existence!
Pull your sword
point it to the sky
reflect the white fire
into unseeing eyes
let color reign
can thought exist
without such searing pain
Half in ash
half in hue
can you cut through vile spew
Of this much you can be sure
if we rest there is no more
what is right
what is wrong
if we can’t see dark from light
to make it all crystal clear
we need our sight of mind
Red and orange
yellow, green
blue
indigo, violet
At the end there is no gold
if we pass in silence
a promise kept in the clouds
covenant of intent
the waters slow and still
yet we do not repent
Genesis 9:12-17
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
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