Greetings from Peter Mayer

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

h2odevos encores 040312 Be a Rainbow



“Who’s gonna light my days when winter comes 
Keep me shinin’ when I got no sun 
Pick me up when I come undone 
That’s my rainbow


Haven’t seen you in quite a while 
I miss the flair of your impulsive style 
Out of the blue into a smile 
That’s my rainbow


Who’s gonna make me lost my head 
Spread my wings and fly instead 
Waiting just around the bend on 
Good days and life’s hazy weather


When all my words are on their knees 
You laugh in Latin blink in Japanese 
Paint my gray with blue and green 
That’s my rainbow


When I believe I’ve lost my song 
And chances fade as time moves on 
Right as rain you prove me wrong 


That’s my rainbow 
That’s my rainbow 
That’s my . . . rainbow”

My Rainbow by Peter Mayer and Jim Mayer

Earlier this season, I wrote about the rainbow being a sign of the promise of God (Genesis 9) with Noah and all the living creatures of the earth. As we head into the home stretch of Lent, as March Madness culminates tonight in the NCAA finals, as we just passed Palm/Passion Sunday with its own version of  “march madness”  I thought it would be appropriate to encourage each one of us to be someone’s rainbow today.

Peter sketches it out in lovely antiphonal form:

Pick me up when I come undone 
That’s my rainbow

Out of the blue into a smile 
That’s my rainbow

Paint my gray with blue and green 
That’s my rainbow

Right as rain you prove me wrong 
That’s my rainbow


I’m not sure what the weather report is in your neighborhood. But, whether it is raining or not, I hope you can report that you are someone’s rainbow today.

Peace,
rtg

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