Broken Rainbow

The rainbow fell on me today...

Dropped round me like glass popsicles

lay twinkling at my feet; I think it's my price

For letting my dreams get the better of me.

You see, I had accumulated so many

They died of overpopulation

But now they've broken --I haven't any

And I can't pick up the pieces yet again.

And now goodbye my newest friend

Though I've tried to reach you somehow

We can't always do what we intend

So I'm calling to say -- my rainbow crashed today...

The colours were so very bright

They blinded me as they fell

Oh, God --I thought I'd done it right

This time, but I was wrong again.

Why didn't you ever let me know

Your secret for surviving...

Was my buildup a little slow,

Or did it die of the weight of my hopes?

Oh, sorry...I had forgotten

You were a part of that jewel-like span.

Not a big slice, just a sliver...

I think it grazed my heart as it tumbled by.

There it is now, lying in the gutter

Like a piece of stained glass

the color of a full-blown rose.

And who that sees it will ever know

That little moment of sunlight

Was the place I saved for you

In the middle of my rainbow...

The one that will never come true.