Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows
by Lyn Marinello

We've all sung the lyrics
"Red and yellow, black and white"
Simple, basic, honest truth
"We're all precious in His sight"
We can be green with envy
Or eerily white hot mad
A yellow-bellied coward
Or blue when inconsolably sad
We can be tickled pink or peachy keen
Or maybe green at the gills
You can be fiscally in the black
Or in the red with unpaid bills
The boys in blue protect us
Some dream of visiting the Emerald Isle
All that glitters is not gold
We all chase that perfect pearly white smile
You can be a shrinking violet
Or go out and paint the town red
You can follow the yellow brick road
Or be ordinary as plain white bread
You can see through rose-colored glasses
You can speak with a silver tongue
You can get caught red-handed
Think you're the black sheep when you're young
We can roll out the red carpet
If cream of the crop is entertained
Eat with the proverbial silver spoon
Grass is greener when watered and properly drained
You can surely be blue-ribbon worthy
Or maybe tell a little white lie
You can follow the golden rule
And I pray that wool won't ever dye
For purple mountain's majesty
And amber waves of grain
Such vivid illustrations
And yet just grey matter for our brain
We can be out chasing rainbows
But they're everywhere all the time
They dwell within each one of us
Beneath the grunge of societal grime
These worldly colors are beautiful
Gracing every day in which we live
Each integral and important

A most beautiful ROYGBIV