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And once again my thoughts turn to the Rainbow Gathering. I can't stop thinking about it. I do this every year, long for the time when I was innocent and free. If it ever existed. Funny, I also seem to remember being very lost at that point in my life. And finally, I've decided to make public the poem I wrote about my time there, about how it changed my life, imperceptibly at first, and slowly I realized that the impact it had on my life was more my own doing than the actual experience itself. I chose, the day the rainbow appeared in a perfectly clear sky. I chose to live again. So here it is, take it for what it is. I know I did.
Welcome Home
How did you know we were coming?
Looked directly in our eyes
Glimpses of light
A slight shimmer
There's nothing to discuss
Just prayer in a tree church
I'll admit my ignorance
As I questioned the path...
A rainbow
But no rain
I dreamed vividly
Dark shapes on my landscape
Caught up to me
As the full moon rose
Clinging for safety
Grasping thin mountain air
And plummeting
Why did you catch me?
Held me tight
Suffocated my fears
What do I think it means
And why does it matter
This infinite question
These sickening doubts
To be whole
Free
No longer waiting to bloom
-Rainbow Gathering, 2001
Bear Valley, Idaho
Welcome Home
How did you know we were coming?
Looked directly in our eyes
Glimpses of light
A slight shimmer
There's nothing to discuss
Just prayer in a tree church
I'll admit my ignorance
As I questioned the path...
A rainbow
But no rain
I dreamed vividly
Dark shapes on my landscape
Caught up to me
As the full moon rose
Clinging for safety
Grasping thin mountain air
And plummeting
Why did you catch me?
Held me tight
Suffocated my fears
What do I think it means
And why does it matter
This infinite question
These sickening doubts
To be whole
Free
No longer waiting to bloom
-Rainbow Gathering, 2001
Bear Valley, Idaho