A poem about life in general, and how we tend to live it.

 

The rainbow stood at the end of the bed

looking over the day, the living, the dead.

All that has been, and all that will be

Stretching its arch from sea to sea.

The sun and the moon both left in the sky

the damaged goods and the people waiting to die.

Life’s purpose is lost on wondering what will be

and all of the waiting for just wait and see.

 

Soon it’s too late and it’s all said and done

although all of us together we are only just one.

The long days that we keep are gone in a flash

at life’s open diner it’s just dine and dash.

 

The rainbow knelt at the end of the bed

looking over the day, the living, the dead.

The sun and the moon flee from the sky,

and damaged goods are people just waiting to die.

Rainbow Guard by linh.ngân.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/linhngan/2580325511/

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  • drelayaraja on Nov 23, 2009

    beautiful rainbow and good writeup.

  • ken bultman on Nov 23, 2009

    Dang such a rainbow with no gold pot but what a thought provoking piece of poetry.

  • Darla Cooke on Nov 23, 2009

    Great poem for the challenge!

  • martie on Nov 24, 2009

    very good imagery.

  • PR Mace on Nov 24, 2009

    Very interesting verses it gave me much to thing about.

  • deep blue on Nov 29, 2009

    Well done. The flow of ideas is just amazing. As mystical as the rainbow itself. My two thumbs up, Brenda.

  • Der Kommissar on Nov 29, 2009

    I don’t think dark is exactly the right word, very somber piece, I think thats the word i want to use. very nice

  • Katie Marie on Nov 29, 2009

    A beautiful piece. Well done B.

  • Rod Ferrandino on Nov 30, 2009

    Ultimate futility, and the certainty of mortality; what I think your words paint best is the resignation.

  • maranatha on Dec 1, 2009

    Resignation, yes – so many live just so. Somehow I don’t think you do, though. I liked this, it makes you think about where you are and what you deem important.

  • rutherfranc on Dec 1, 2009

    agree with maranatha.. hopelesness is really evident in this piece..

  • Cebah on Dec 1, 2009

    Lovely use of imagery, thought provoking too.

  • TroostAvenue on Dec 1, 2009

    The damaged goods are just one of the infinite categories among the living, the dead, the wait and sees, and the waiting to die. Why they were identified as a special group was not explored in the poem and seemed forced (even if I had not known the contest words).

  • Duff D Moss on Dec 2, 2009

    Ooo – I had to give this a couple of reads to get the message. It was cool. Indeed we are all often forgetting to live for the now, and in doing so let life pass us by. Damage goods indeed. Thanks for playing again dude.

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