Drove home from a long day with a loved one in the hospital
Punched through a thunder storm’s heavy rain into sunlight
and a minute later, checked traffic in the rearview mirror
Surprised by a brilliant, wide, rainbow leg beaming at me
Excited, glanced into the side mirror and saw the leg sloping left
Breathlessly and briefly, peeked over my shoulder
Sure enough, it solidly stood, blazing against the dark storm backdrop
a huge, thick, perfect, beautiful, richly-colored rainbow
Stole five minutes of peekings
until it faded into the clouds, leaving its arch
in my smile and its glow in my eyes
A peace-promise from God in the middle of chaos
August 27, 2014, Wednesday
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