Desolation Rainbow

Desolation rainbow

Found
Not empty
Slight music of chattel singing
Skidding in dust across the bottom

The vessel
Pored out and lovingly cleansed
Ready
To be filled

The potion
Contrived and failed
Each one after the other
Impure

The accident
Spilled
Vile
Contents to the cauldron
Accidental concoction
Fire erupts in the pot
All is consumed

The smolder
Smoke
Blinds the eyes
Burnt hands reaching, clawing
Reaching grasping

Residue
Eyes blinded and fingers singed
Return to the pot
Cooling

The heart
Slowly continues it march toward death
Everything waits there
The gait slows

Grip
All now extinguished
The alchemist forging gold has no recipe
But in that moment a golden heart from lead

Hunger
Consumes itself
Snakes swallowing their own tails
Oblivion

Time
Golden heart fading to lead
Not returning
Failing to dust

Found at the end of the rainbow
Not empty
Slight music of chattel singing
Skidding in dust across the bottom

Wide eyed wonder
The desert treasure is cleansed once more.