Michael Anthony

Curves and Paint and Rain

 

I can’t touch the curve of a rainbow

or use its’ colors to paint

or count the rain until it stops  

 

Don’t be silly  

 

But my heart is a foolish thing sometimes

and it thinks: “All you have to do is try.

The first thing you must do is reach.”  

 

I felt the tender hues of your curves

as I tossed my umbrella aside,

counting all the rain I could, without fear  

 

With wet reflections all around us

awash in swirling, bouncing colors

we began painting from this palette

so many stories without end