By Elle, age 16
As I dream tonight
The colours engulf me
Washing and swirling
Becoming my refuge
My rainbow
With the stars above
Pin pricking my hopes
Vividly my world
Is caught
In a snapshot
Upside down
Depicting
My woes
My losses
But my life
On a rainbow
In the sky
The air drifts
Along my plane
Where dreams are real
Situations
Played out
Nightmares rising
Above the clouds
And I sit
Dance
In this unworldly place
My mind is
The pot of gold
The rainbow
Leads to the stars
So I dream
Drift
Sing
Inside my own mind
© Elle 2002