Choking On Rainbows Poem by Raynette Eitel

The day the son of Ana Maria de Santos
was swept from her arms
by a hillside of mud
was the last time she saw colors.
She spent the rest of her life
choking on rainbows,
and cursing God
under gray, weeping skies.

A blinding rage
ravished Ana Maria de Santos,
rolling over her
in thick, scalding lava,
until she became an ancient ruin
desecrated by elements.

A black blanket of dreams
covered her each night,
smothered her in the darkness,
strangled her
as she searched the starless sky
for a sunrise she could not see.

And to this day,
her eyes filled with mud,
ears plugged,
she gags on rainbows
dancing about her face
as she turns away to mourn.