The Rainbow Gate
Here is what happened.
One day, I was out jumping rainbows,
singing, I'm jumping rainbows,
I'm jumping rainbows,
and so on and so forth.
When I saw,
before my very eyes,
a rainbow enormous in size.
Suddenly, I realized,
the rainbows I had been jumping
which seemed then, to be so tall,
were very quite small
and really not much
of a rainbow at all.
I felt silly for jumping
such rainbows,
that really do not amount to much.
Heart broken, I lost all hope.
When just then, a voice within me, said,
that my rainbow jumping days are dead.
"Give up and maybe you can jump the clouds instead."
I looked up.
There were no clouds in the sky.
I felt so sad. I wanted to cry.
Then a long dark shadow appeared,
standing before me,
was a man,
with a staff, who looked older,
who layed his hand upon my shoulder.
He wore a long coat and beard.
I asked his name.
He said "people just call me Weird
Don't feel bad. It's not too late.
That's the biggest rainbow
because it's the gate.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 4, 3, 11 |
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