Feeling the setting sun burn against my back <br />I stood alone in grim anticipation <br />Watching the black sky roll inexorably toward me <br />But it was right then that you caught my eye <br />Oh beautiful Rainbow <br /> <br />Even though the endless horizon <br />Be Overshadowed in shades of gray <br />In your brilliance you stand out among it all <br />Bringing a small smile to my lips <br />Oh beautiful Rainbow <br /> <br />Your colors shine like a beacon of hope <br />Captivating me as I stand in awe of you <br />And though I couldn't perceive a light in the coming darkness <br />I could see you, and that was enough <br />Oh beautiful Rainbow <br /> <br />But Rainbows are something many have chased <br />And not one ever held their beauty in his hands <br />It was then with a bittersweet pang of my heart <br />I realized that you would never be <br />My beautiful Rainbow<br /><br />Clarence Thomas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-beautiful-rainbow/
