There it was..
In plain site...so beautiful...so true....
But i knew...it could not be...
Not for me...never..
But surely this was different...
Surely i could not be foolish...
Foolish....again....and again...
For this time it called me....
Not in a whisper....
Not in a faint glow....
It shined like the gates of heaven....
I felt it reach out to me....
And i ran....
Like a child before the xmas tree...
And i touched it...
For a glorious moment.....
For that second...i lived....
And for that...
I now must die....
For in my haste....
In my greed...
I ran too far...
Ran past the simple gift....
Ran past the moment....
Lunged for the gold...
And fell...again...
Into the Abyss...
For i am proud...a proud fool...
The jester...that is me...
So i lie amongst the stones...
I hear them again...
The voices...the screams...
They come for me...
And now...i will not run...
I will not fight...
For this is my last rainbow..
I reached the end...
And found my reward....
My pain....