The Light In The Water

There is light shining through the water
Sending reflections upon reflections of rainbows
Shattering like glass
To the surface

The water is falling
Cascading like multicolored raindrops
Little iridescent reminders of sunlight
Glowing like the first day of spring

Each little shard closes around a memory
The first day of school
When your mother beat you
And the rain keeps falling down

There is light shining through the water
Which looks nothing like pearl beads
And everything like the light on your face
In the morning when I first wake up

The water is rising
It’s colors eating and consuming us
Until there is nothing left
But oddly colored piles of dust

The water will keep moving,
It’s lights brilliant and captivating
In it’s wake there will be nothing
But iridescent smears of the people we once were

And little tiny pearls of who we have become