Finding the Rainbow
The massing vapours fill the sky
And tower high above the plains.
Beneath their shadow, here am I,
Disquieted by the coming rains.
Too soon, the thunderheads awake,
As tremors shake the shrinking earth.
I wonder what this storm will take,
And will I break, or find rebirth?
There will be loss. There will be pain.
And yet the Rainbow still remains.
~ ~ ~
And now the falling droplets pound,
As on the ground pools meet and merge;
The storm rampages, now unbound,
And all around the waters surge.
And now it rises to a flood!
I know I should despise the fear
That all that’s true and all that’s good,
Will, like driftwood, be swept from here.
And there is strife, and there is strain -
And yet the Rainbow still remains.
~ ~ ~
The waters chill me to the bone,
The wind has blown me far from land -
Yet though I suffer, though I groan,
I’m not alone - I’m in His hand:
My Father hears my anxious plea -
Through torrents He stays by my side.
He makes a pathway in the sea.
He’ll always be my surest Guide.
And there is joy within the pain
Because the Rainbow still remains.
~ ~ ~
And though my heart within me sighs
And by dark tides my soul is swirled,
Yet no more will a flood arise
To reach the skies and drown the world.
His Promise brings a sweet relief,
And so belief in Him holds sway:
The dove will bring the olive leaf,
And all my grief will melt away.
And in my loss, I see the gain
Because the Rainbow still remains.
~ ~ ~
The storm around still rages wild,
Yet, unbeguiled, I know that He
Will not be angry with His child
And that He’s smiled on even me.
Those Rainbow colours now entwine
And my lifeline they soon become.
Awake, my soul! No longer pine.
Arise and shine! Your Light has come!
The waters will recede again.
The Rainbow always will remain.
An excerpt from
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