It had just stopped raining <br />and the sun shone lowly in the sky, <br />making rainbows in the water spraying <br />from the wheels that passed us by. <br /> <br />The autumn leaves fell twirling on the wind, <br />piling high in brick walled gardens, <br />flying over guarding gates to reach within <br />and filling the softly flowing gutters to the brim. <br /> <br />The moon smiled faintly, in silver on pale blue, <br />as darkly fingered clouds briskly floated by, <br />too hurried to see the shadows that they threw <br />as they briefly veiled the brightness of the sky. <br /> <br />Then we jumped in muddy puddles, <br />trying not to splash those that rushed on by, <br />some of them were bent and huddled <br />and some saw the starlight that sparkled in our eyes. <br /> <br />It had just stopped raining <br />and we had rainbows in our minds, <br />we heard the passersby complaining <br />as we jumped in all the muddy puddles we could find.<br /><br />David Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rainbows/
