Remembering the Rainbow

Red like the Coca-Cola I drink at Grandma’s house

Sweet and fizzy 

It goes perfectly with her spaghetti and meatballs

The meal I love more than a $40 steak 

Or even chicken pot pie 

Orange like my hometown’s school color

I’ll go to a game for the highschool 

Scream the school motto 

And look back and beam 

At the dumbest things I’ve ever said

Yellow like the sun 

That grows our food and keeps us warm

I thank her for that every day

Thanks for the reminder actually 

I almost forgot to today 

Green like Slytherin house 

In a book series that kept me alive and happy

When Mom’s best wasn’t enough 

Blue like my eyes 

And my Mom’s eyes 

And her Mom’s eyes

A lot of people in my family have blue eyes, huh?

Indigo like the midnight sky up north such a generic descriptor 

For such an integral moment 

Violet like the blanket at my best friend’s house

Pretty useful 

Since they never turn their heat on 

Without color I’d barely be alive 

It’s my job to spread the colors of the rainbow

To my family 

My friends 

Not as one gift 

But a mutual exchange 

That makes things a little brighter.