RAINBOW

The rainbow stayed back
For me to look at the
play of the universe
The phantom danced
flashing in the sun
I remember how I
broke in to a laugh

I know I was rude
I was excited and unreal
Then a questioned boiled
all that afternoon
What was that the phantom in
grey suit wanted from the
boy?, it
Filled a pause in me that
Cut a patch in my happy
child

Dignity intact I now
Manage a smile
When I see that rainbow
The phantom no longer
appears,
But sometimes at four a.m.
The rainbow still visits with him