Chasing a rainbow
out beyond the swales
where the sea ebbs and flows
keeping time
to the thrumming of the universe
a rainbow vibrantly
quilts the sky
each pleated pastel reflecting
down on the wave-washed sand
the archer bends his bow
and breaking waves
arrow the light
beyond the rock platform
waves crash into the edge
their wild cascade spindrifts
catching coloured molecules of light
in the rock pool
the dark swirl absorbs the colours
crabs come out to view the scene
it bows across the sky
pot of gold to pot of gold
and like a breath of air
this grand spectacle that filled my walk
disperses and is gone
leaving only a grey whisper of cloud
