UNDER THE RAINBOW by Anita Neilson

I wrote this poem as a means of trying to express the enchantment that comes to me in times of peace and joy in deep meditation...

This sometimes manifests itself physically in a tickling on the scalp or a subtle vibration all over the body, and it seems to me like being immersed in/under a rainbow of sound and light. The image of the rainbow as a bridge between worlds (physical and spiritual) rings true for me, and I have even crossed a rainbow bridge in meditations to seek guidance.The peace and joy of meditation can be like a cocoon of hope reconnecting us to the Creator and to all others. It has changed my life.

Under the Rainbow

by Anita Neilson

An enchantment through my scalp

Like a rainbow emerging from Source

Expanding and inspiring

Those held under its dome.

In this cocoon I am and was

Lustrous threads of connectedness

To all that is.

In this world I observe the other –

Beautiful, exciting, exhausting chaos.

In this moment, there is no other

An infusion of colour

Dispersing in wonder

Showering my thoughts in grace.

(To watch a video poem made by the author, Anita Neilson, please click the play arrow)

Anita Neilson is a Writer, Spiritual Poet and Blogger. A graduate in languages, she travelled, lived and worked in Europe before a career in teaching in Scotland. She has M.E. and Fibromyalgia and is now a self-employed writer. She lives in Ayrshire, in the west of Scotland, with her husband and two dogs. For more information, visit her blog ‘Healing Words’: Facebook Page; and FB Closed Group ‘Acts of Kindness from your Armchair’. Her debut book, "Acts of Kindness from your Armchair", will be published in 2017 by Ayni Books.

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