id

i've been
chasing rainbows
most of my life
anxious to see
the silver lining
eager to catch
the pot of gold
never knowing
where to start.

i am
obsessed by a spectral dream
haunted by an imaginary oath
enrapt in a dizzying whirl
of light and shadow
hoping the rain
would not fall.

i often trudge
where angels fear
to tread
acquiescent to temptation
susceptible to despair.
the scars are deep
the wounds take long
to heal.

i've never been
to a rainbow's end.

i wish
it wouldn't stop
somewhere in midstream.