A Rainless Rainbow

How long Lord must I suffer in these chains?
I have committed many sins, but no heathen crimes.
I know that it is Your way of making me humble.
I feel as though for this I have been framed.
I sit and stare so often alone, wondering what’s to come
All the while thinking of the next rhyme
I steady my feet as I try not to stumble
And ask what comes after the storm has rained?
I live a simple life in an average home
I have dreams of better things but am grateful for Your blessings
What will be I can not change, I learned long ago
But even now my heart sinks in pain
My mind tormented with what could have been
As my soul comforts me to see a distant end
I saw a rainbow Saturday afternoon
There was just a slight hint of rain
A thunder cloud blighted out the sun
It was setting in the horizon
A patch of sky was left untouched.
And in this sunshine of glory I thought of the promise
The sky had a rainbow without a beginning or an end
It started in one side of heaven, and ended on the other.
Purple and orange, yellow and red, no words needed to be said
I wondered how many others had taken the time
To look up and see the wonder of a rainless rainbow.
These are the moments most special to me
And for that short moment in time
My dreams seemed to come true
And the chains were released from my spirit.

In His Service

© Bryan Stross
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July 23, 2008 5:20 AM EST

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