They Call Me Rainbow

My truth is my savior, my purpose, my light.

By telling my story, I become ~ Rainbow Right!

They call me Rainbow, can I tell you why?

I can't live without color, colors are my pride!

Each one is different, yet made of the same.

Bright ones and light ones and dark ones can change.

Mix them and dip them, strip them ~ no shame!

The truest of colors enjoy every game.

People have colors, some more than one.

But isn't that what makes living so fun?

Personality, sexuality, food preferences too.

What is it that makes you, uniquely you?

Helm, I was called back in the Navy.

Out to sea on those ships, I think just maybe,

The colors about me made me go crazy!

It was those grays... every sad shade,

Of every sad gray, of every sad day!

Light gray, dark gray, haze gray, deck gray!

What do you say, 'bout some violet today?

Nay, they say! Gray, gray, and more gray!

Bah! Says me! And I gave them the wavy!

It's time that I leave this colorless Navy!

I found something greener, much more full of life.

Health, healing, and wellness filled me with spice.

I shined so brightly they called me, Rainbow.

It felt really good, it had a natural flow.

Nothing felt truer, more perfect, you know?

The name still sticks with me wherever I go!

In the business of wellness, I just wanted more.

I'd never enjoyed working this much before!

Alas, the paychecks we're not what I'd hoped for.

They were so little, I had to use credit.

Causing messy red stress in my relationships, so precious.

So much red stress, that things fell apart.

They fell and they fell, separating us far.

But one thing remained, always beside me,

The ocean of blue, so sparkly and shiny.

And just one thing more, was always above me,

The great big blue sky, full of truth that could save me.

What is this truth way up in the sky?

I wasn't so sure, but I wanted to try.

I prayed, took classes, went on retreats, and met masters.

I divined, learned magic, and tried to make enlightenment come faster.

Violets and lilacs, and purples I saw.

My third eye had opened, I learned Sacred Law.

Was so, so excited, felt guided for sure.

But what happened next was kind of a blur.

"Down the Rabbit Hole," they call it.

It's a black hole indeed!

My mind turned black and it started to bleed.

When I came up for air, I wasn't the same.

Everything about me had drastically changed.

The things that I'd seen, I couldn't explain.

The things that had happened, had left me in pain.

Surrounded by colors I could not really see,

What in the world had happened to me?

Broken, confused, trampled, and scorned,

The light that had guided, I trusted no more.

Floods of blessings began to pour in!

Despite the depression, I found myself in.

New friends, new love, new places to win!

Nature, a baby, a puppy, a kitten!

Yellow began to sprout forth in my life.

Sunshine and flowers, I was practically a wife!

Though, fire came next, of bright blazing orange,

Pushing us on, out of the forest.

Into the city, we came to be.

I birthed a career, that was so very me!

Happy, so happy, I truly felt free.

My favorite color came back to me!

Fuchsia they call it, me ~ Rainbow pink!

It's bright and it's sassy ~ a visual drink!

Everything was awesome, it all seemed so fair.

'Till my health took a dive to the pits of despair.

I cried out for help to the light I'd forsaken.

The light replied back, "It's time to awaken".

I felt a feeling, I'd felt before...

A pulling, a knowing, to move once more.

Although I was sick and chained to the bed,

I moved a mountain, with only my head.

Yes, oh yes, a miracle indeed!

The angels had called me to their city, Los Angeles.

We landed there... actually, just a bit South.

To a kingdom so grand I could not close my mouth!

Although our new home was glorious and amazing,

Still, my health... it continued its tanking.

Once again the colors did fade.

My pinks and my purples turned back into grays.

Now what? I prayed, I screamed and I cried!

You brought me here now give me my life!

"Dig deeper!" I heard with a thunderous roar!

Dig deeper, or you'll be in bed, forevermore.

Ok, ok! I must truly try!

I really don't wish to lay down and die!

I closed my eyes and rather than praying,

I listened closely to what my heart was saying.

It wasn't easy, I listened with fright,

As my heart clearly showed me,

Where I'd turned from my light.

My light is a purpose, a mission, a job.

Only I can do it, only I know the song.

There was a moment back in the past,

Where I dropped my sweet purpose,

Left it out on the grass.

I had traded my faith, my courage, my passion,

For security and normalcy - safe, simple action.

I closed my third eye and my heart grew a wall.

I didn't feel like a Rainbow, not really at all.

The truth - it stung, more than a bee.

How could I have let this happen to me?

With fear and discomfort, I plunged in my memories,

To uncover why I suffered so tremendously.

I had to face the black, the dark night of my soul,

And find the treasures hidden within the hard, blackened coal.

It took time, it took patience, it was work believe me!

To be finally released, forgiveness was key.

Forgive other people? Sure there were plenty.

But what about my guides, and my own faults - so many?

Work, I tell you, work so very hard!

To let go of the past and to pick up the shards.

Yet slowly I healed, to my great surprise!

My life was returning, my colors, my pride!

As I rose to my feet and shook off the sickness,

I couldn't forget, or I'd fall with a quickness.

I have a story to tell ~ so unbelievable!

The black hole with a rabbit, it's actually real!

My truth is my savior, my purpose, my light.

By telling my story, I become ~ Rainbow Right.