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Rainbows have a lot of meanings.

It depends on whose translating them.

but we know exactly what they mean

if we’re the ones creating them

We were driving home one late afternoon when there before our eyes

a raindrop kissed by the sun formed a rainbow across the sky.

It’s always amazing how a moment such as this…when the sky and Earth embrace

and we are lucky to be a witness…brings a smile to our face.

Since rainbows are all beautiful…I wonder why through utter cruelty and deceit

is our government trying to eliminate them from our culture 

and erase them from our streets?

But something wonderful is happening…

when our government for hateful reasons wash those rainbows away…

overnight they are repainted…ready to shine in the sun the next day.

You see a government can paint over a rainbow on the street

can tear a painted rainbow apart…

but try as it might it can’t erase…the rainbow in our hearts.

And it’s not just the rainbow…

they are after anyone who doesn’t look like them or believe the things they do

and please do not kid your self…one day they’ll be coming after you.

In a way they’ve awoken the rainbow warrior in many of us..

who are saddened by the hatred that we see

and are ready to fight for what the rainbow symbolizes 

Unity, hope, love, diversity and equality.

Who reject what our government is doing…

Who reject the attack on the right for everyone to be free.

Who are willing to stand up as peacefully as we can…

to this despotism and tyranny.

Warriors willing to stand up for what they believe in

in this current social and political strife.

Who understand what our country needs now…

are more rainbows in our life.

And in order to save the rainbows…

to counter this evil and hateful threat

we need more rainbow warriors…

as many as we can possibly get.

May we be blessed to understand in life…

there will always be a little pain…

while remembering a rainbow cannot be created

without a little rain.

The rain had stopped…the sun was about to set…

It was the perfect time for a rainbow chaser such as I…

to watch and wait for that multi-colored arch to form across the sky.

The conditions couldn’t be more perfect…the sun setting after a storm…

but as I waited…as I searched the sky…the rainbow never formed.

Still…I am undeterred…the next time the conditions are right

to the sky I will be facing….

For the next time I just might see that rainbow I am chasing.

I do not know why sometimes…when everything seems perfect…

when the conditions are just right….

sometimes I won’t see a rainbow…while other times…I might.

I suppose that’s what keeps me chasing rainbows…

all throughout the years….

waiting to feel the joy and celebrate the moment one appears.

In some ways life is a lot like chasing rainbows…

Sometimes conditions are perfect to reach whatever goal we’ve sought…

and sometimes we will catch that rainbow…

while other time…we will not.

But fear not…for anytime we miss a rainbow…

all is not as bad as it may seem….

because in between the rainbows we catch…

and the rainbows we do not…

there is room for our wishes, hopes and dreams.