i watched the weather
transition between
dark gray clouds,
patches of blue,
sudden sunlight,
wind sending rain
sideways and
then the sun
again
sending warmth
against my back
if i hadn’t been
looking up just then
i would not have seen
the rainbow
tracing its way
all the way
across the sky
from earth to earth
it is so easy
to fixate
on the chill,
the darkness,
the wet,
to wallow in gloom,
to forget that
the color
the brightness
is always there,
waiting
to be cast
in the right
light
and we can see it
and when we can’t
we can remember
it is there.
