SKY FULL OF RAINBOWS

 

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One day in 2010, I was walking Pup at the end of our road, thinking about the stressful time I was going through, when I looked up to see several rainbows arcing across the sky. It was glorious. These lines began coming as I gazed in wonder.......

When you are hanging onto

the very last edge 

    of the edge

of the skinniest branch,

and you feel your grasp slipping,

   look up!

There's a sky full of rainbows,

row upon row of them,

shining up there,

to tell you that

all will be well

   all will be well

      all will be exceedingly well.

God's in their heaven

in the so clear air,

and all will be

exceedingly well.

When the grayest of rain clouds

has just dumped its deluge

   upon you,

and you are mopping your eyes

and wringing out your hair,

   look quickly!

You just might glimpse

the shine of angel wings

   hovering there,

at the very edge of

your peripheral vision,

to encourage you and I

that, on the other side

of this trauma

or sadness or challenge,

the radiant dawn

of a brand new day

lies somewhere

   waiting,

just waiting

to break across your

morning sky.

When you have reached

the very limit

of what you feel you can

or should withstand,

when the stress has

weighed you down so far,

you're not sure exactly

how you will pull through,

go out to where the water

meets the mountain.

See the waterfall

tumble down its slopes

   for you.

Watch the eagle

lift out of the mist

into the shrouded skies.

Take a deep breath

and believe,

just like the eagle,

your spirit, too,

your spirit once more

   will rise.

A hopeful note for a new year at earthweal, for its 51st open link. Wow, that year went by so fast, and so full of challenges, who could keep up? I have a great elephant story to tell there on Monday. I hope you will stop by.