Bright Promise Of Hope

Today I saw a rainbow.
I saw it from end to end.
It's beauty was luminent and doubled,
Stark and brilliant it hung in the sky.


I heard a voice that told me;
It must have been from angel on high,
That a rainbow is a promise.
A promise of hope,
And of peace.


I was crying o'r a sorrow so deep,
It cut to my very soul.
A baby was lost and asleep.
A life not to fruition see,
At least not of earthly domain,
Was taken from thee.


But today God gave me a rainbow,
It's color painted the sky.
To relieve my pain and sorrow,
Turned my tears of sorrow to joy.
A guarantee from God's own hand,
To my heart.


A promise,
Unspoken it's true,
It speaks with power greater then words,
Of a love ever true.
A promise that is mine,
And mine to keep.


So, whenever I now see a rainbow
And all it's beauty behold.
I cannot but think of that promise,
For it's the real treasure dear to hold,
As it's worth's weight is more precious then gold.


by Traci S. K. Thysell-McPherson
© Copyright May 1st, 1997

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