Rainbow Bouquet

I awoke with a shot

not sure where I was

music was playing softly

“imagine there’s no heaven”

the feeling of dread was heavy on my chest

my breath caught as I coughed

the room was brightly lit

and I had forgotten where I was

years have passed now

since this journey began

years since I have been so alone

walking down this road

there was a respite

a brief moment in time

where everything stopped

and I saw you

you caught my eye

like a bouquet of balloons

ready to launch

into the adventure of a lifetime

you blew gently and easily

as if nothing disrupted your flight

you drifted slowly and lazily

letting your colour dazzle my eyes

I was lost in the blur

caught in the midst of a rainbow

feeling the warmth

just before a rain

now the rain has stopped

the ground is dry and cracked

the air has grown too still

and the colour has faded to grey

*Written for the prompt today over at Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads 
https://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2019/07/bits-of-inspiration-you-write-color.html?fbclid=IwAR3Ny-xo2bRUi2ieQjTCtLeNBE7PkowmJFo-8CAFjfiWztdtFvjlKcHAw50

Photo by Susie Clevenger