Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Rainbow in the sky



Tonight as we settled the girls into bed they happened to see out the front window an intense rainbow. I didn't get my camera in time to catch the double. We talked about the rainbow and what it means in various cultures. Of hope, of life and afterlife.
They also know that it is simply light broken into all its colors by the droplets of rain. Rain is symbolic of sadness but also of cleansing. Very powerful metaphors.

3 comments:

Traci said...

Rainbows are VERY symbolic.... Beautiful photo....

HamCan said...

A very wise frog once sang...

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.


Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
And look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.


All of us under its spell,
We know that it's probably magic...


... Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
... Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm s'posed to be...
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Traci said...

I sang that song for public audiences in college.... I can't believe I didn't think of it :) I love that song :)