Rainbow

I hear the thunder and I feel the breeze
smell of the atmosphere, movement of the trees
It’s obvious the storm is coming
But I drive to the rainbow

The rain begins and there is nothing I can do
The atmosphere is changing, a different view
I obviously don’t want to be here
But I drive to the rainbow

My hair stands on end, noise in my ears
I am still alive, face my fears
It’s obvious someone has it out for me
But I drive to the rainbow

Water is rising rapidly over the way
It would be much easier to just stay
Is it obvious, where to turn?
But I drive to the rainbow

Water floods the view and cannot be
wiped away so it is plain to see
The choices are not obvious anymore
But I drive to the rainbow

The destination reached or so I thought
Now it’s gone, for this I fought?
It’s only obvious from far away
The rainbow was driving me

3/14/09
Copyright © 2009 Brian Jackson All rights reserved

I normally don't like to explain a poem, but I feel inclined in this instance to expound on the purpose. Some of my poems can leave you feeling somewhat lost, but my intentions are always to cause one to think. This is something I hope to teach my children - to not just except something at face value - to look deeper to what are the possibilities behind a message. (Although we must be very careful also about reading into things too much, this will also be just as damaging) For example: Commercials many times portray a particular message, but there is a reason behind the message...I notice truck commercials usually try to make a man feel like he has to have that particular truck if he is a real man. I especially saw these types of commercials in Texas..."Texans chose this, or Texans know that" etc. They are selling a "tough man" image, but the intentions are to get you to buy a truck. In this poem I am selling the rainbow, but my purpose is for one to buy into the fact that it is not about the rainbow or the storm. Everything always comes back to one thing...Him and Him only. Our eyes must remain on Him. We look around as the disciples did in the boat, when He is right there in the boat with us. What is more intriguing than the One Who is in the boat with us? I struggled with adding additional verses to explain this, but I wanted the impact of "the rainbow was driving me".