Weird Weather

And suddenly, the quality of the light changed and the whole world was bathed in a golden hue.  I turned around and faced the breeze that had begun to gust to find a remarkable rainbow had formed over the hillside just up from my home.

Watching the sun
wend its way
downward
toward the end
of a wondrous day

I was waiting
for a red-hued sunset
when suddenly
instead
I was bathed in
a light intense
golden superradiance
the kind of scene
I’d never seen
before or since

it held time
suspended
lent my spirit
a sentiment
reminiscent
of the sacred
covenant

weird weather

I thought
as my awareness
was wrenched away
from this dreamy
state of bliss

a whispering wind
was leaving
the tree’s leaves
with a hiss

announcing
the storm’s intense … sity
and I
turning toward it
was greeted

by the reflection
of sunlight streaming
with storm careening
leaving a fleeting
but breathtaking display
arching high
over head

a rainbow
brilliant with
radiant promise

my mind
sought words
for what it all meant
this moment
deeply felt
and
heaven sent