Rainbow (my poem #10)
Sight of a rainbow
Melts even stoic hearts
Lasts for a short time
Gradually departs
Much like human life
Transient, ephemeral
Present for few moments
Gone for another day
Splashed with colors
Why so many?
Is it a crown?
If so, whose?
No one can touch it
Is it still real?
Much like heartache
Can only feel it
Reality – real or augmented?
How does it matter?
Appear the same
What’s in a name?
Is it a sign from Divine?
If so, whose?
Does it matter?
Yes, for supremacy!
Needs water to form
Water from tears? Whose?
Happy or sad?
Duality in all spheres
Wonder about the order
Why is red at the top?
Blue near the bottom?
Random or planned?
Red, full of rage
Blue, cold like ice
Duality like war and peace
Eternal conflict like pain and joy
Does red feel freer?
Unbounded from one side
Blue, hemmed in
Much like Hindu bride and groom
Often as a pair
One dominant
One not so
Again, like Hindu couple
Where is the gold?
Searching for ever
Not at the end of a rainbow
Is within, so close yet so far
So many questions
Few answers
Nowhere to turn
Story of my life!