Seeking Rainbows

Hilla Stormbringer

Seeking Rainbows

Oh, the road goes on forever:
I will follow if I dare.
And I don't know where I'm going,
And I can't say that I care.
For the world is full of wonder,
And the world is full of song,
And 'most every dream I ever had
Will boldly lead me on.

I set out one Thursday morning
With ten dollars to my name.
My friends asked, “What are you seeking,
Is it fortune, is it fame?”
So I said, “I'm seeking rainbows
Even if the sky is blue!”
And I left a trail of footprints
In the early morning dew.

In the meadow is an ocean –
Doesn't seem so very wide.
But I couldn't find a boat
To take me to the other side.
Then a flock of little sparrows
Wove the answer in a tune:
That a silver ship was anchored
To the sickle of the moon.

So I sailed across the water,
It was three days, maybe four,
And a marching-band of foxes
Met me at the other shore
With a blast of mighty trumpets
And the pipes blown high and proud.
Then they led me to a castle
That was built upon a cloud.

In the castle was a princess
With a sword upon her knees.
And she asked, “Please will you take this,
And the dragon kill for me?”
But the dragon was so gentle
That I could not strike him dead.
So instead I took him with me
And he followed where I led.

Then we traveled on together
Over mountain, over plain,
And I made a cozy tent beneath
His wings when it would rain.
Then the sun shone and I laughed with joy
And the dragon gave a roar.
For the rainbow started at our feet
And led to my front door.

Oh, the road goes on forever:
I will follow if I dare.
And I don't know where I'm going,
And I can't say that I care.
For the world is full of wonder,
And the world is full of song,
And 'most every dream I ever had
Will boldly lead me on.

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