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The Rainbow

You need to know, so you may better understand,

why the rainbow's so important, to me.

It represents God's promise, but there is more.

It displays an array of emotions,

and there's a color for each one.

 

Every feeling that's sewn onto the fabric of our existence,

is portrayed with the clarity of fine crystal...

..and the density of the most beautiful marble.

 

There is every note that resounds on the scale of life,

and every harmony in between.

The legend surrounding the end of the rainbow is also important.

It teaches us to never cease seeking,

so as to never cease finding.

 

The rainbow also demonstrates an arch, in shape.

Displaying that the journey up, is as equal in it's splendor as the way down... 

..demonstrating both, the hills and the valleys of life.

 

Also evident is the rainbows ability to draw everyone's attention,

because it's something that we all wish to share, with one another.

Without voice, we can point to it's beauty...for, heat a rock, and that is red...

..taste a cool drink on a hot day, and that's light blue...smell the rain, and there is gray...

..feel the sunshine on your face, and know yellow...cry alone, and experience dark blue.

 

But show me a rainbow in it's entirety, and you will hear, see, smell, and taste,

the spectrum of our emotions...the varieties of humanity...and the singularity of you.

For collectively, we are in the rainbow...because inside each of us, exists a rainbow, too.

 

— docmaverick, Dec 20, 2007

About the Author

Region, Country: The High Desert, in the wild west, southern California, U.S. of A.., USA

Favorite Poets: Keates, Poe, Dickinson, and Dr. Seuss. There are a smattering of others, but why bother listing 'em all, ya know?, I also rely on a few of our poets, here....for advice, and what not. I couldn't possibly explain what a fountain of live, effective knowledge we have...right here in our midst ! To catch a glimmer of brilliance, merely visit: the Stream.

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Critiques

weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 5 months ago

This deceptively reads almost like a factual description,

but the depths of the insight and allegory raise it the sublime. An extraordinarily clever piece of craftsmanship. More than that, a profound truth simply stated. I was touched, deeply, you said all the things I felt but never annunciated about rainbows. Thank you cheers, Jess wishing you a Salubrious Solstice
docmaverick

docmaverick

18 years 5 months ago

Your remarks...

..are very kind, and "right on time", Jess. I've really been struggling, of late...and I REALLY appreciated your insights. I can't get over how difficult I'm finding it NOT to rhyme.This propensity for lyrical cadence is consuming me whole! Oh well, I digress. Thanx, Doc.
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 5 months ago

Perhaps I should have sent this as a private message

But Doc, you can do what you like now, you have proved yourself as a poet. Rhyme if you want to, but try different rhyming schemes, not rhyming couplets, that is a recipe for disaster. Try alternate lines or do a bit of research about the different ways poems can rhyme. Check out Grazzi, you like him can invent your own form. The only thing I insist on is to say what you want to say without degrading the meaning by stretching for rhyme. cheers, Jess wishing you a Salubrious Solstice
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meic

18 years 5 months ago

It’s rare to find a piece

It's rare to find a piece which is simultaneously noetically and emotionally satisfying as this is ... a great write indeed. Mike Photo: Me in my forties - face furniture, version 3. Passport photo - Mafia? For my own orginal graphic art please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7911705@N07
docmaverick

docmaverick

18 years 5 months ago

Thanx, Meic...

..as I said before, I have to concentrate on NOT rhyming! It's sort of irritating! But, thanx for the "pat on the back". Doc.
docmaverick

docmaverick

18 years 5 months ago

Thanx, Meic...

..as I said before, I have to concentrate on NOT rhyming! It's sort of irritating! But, thanx for the "pat on the back". Doc. (I'm not thinking Mafia...more like a retail manager.){:-)

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