Once upon a time you built me a house made of rainbow beams. They reflected all over everything and you said they complimented my eyes.
The rainbow beams locked us together
Because nothing gets past a rainbow.
You built it for me
No, you built it for us
And we played in it together, every day.
We played fairy tale castle in our rainbow house
We played dress up and make-believe games
And I wish I’d known how make believe it was.
I wish someone had told me just how breakable rainbow beams are.
You took your dress up clothes and ran away
And some of the rainbow beams went too
And they never came back.
My eyes went uncomplimented for so long
Everything was dark dark dark without you and your rainbow beams.
I can’t help but think
If rainbow beams are so easy to smash
Why are they so hard to put back in place?
Because rainbow beams change with the weather
And they don’t fit together anymore.
I pushed the rainbow beams back into shape
And tried to pretend there was nothing spurious about them
I played dress up with myself
And made believe I was okay.
And I wish
You could see
The beauty
in what I’ve built.
