I wish I could eat a rainbow, Mommy.I would grab it in my fingers and slurp it
like spaghetti, rainbow juices
dripping down my chin.
What would it taste like?, I asked her with a smile.
It would taste like clouds and sunshine and mist and M&M's, lemonade and cherry with strawberries and whipped cream. It would taste like flowers and the green of spring-- maybe for you the purple would taste like wine, but not for me-- for me it would taste like grape popsicle. It would be very filling. My belly would be full from eating that rainbow.
I wish I could eat a rainbow too, I said.
You can, Mommy! There's one for you, grab it quick before it flies away!
And so I closed my eyes and reached up, pulled the rainbow to my lips, and tasted a miracle.
©Heidi Howes 2012
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