I was lynched In the rainbow of interpretations In your ravages of prism I was pelted In the abaddon of reckless expectations In your worst of nightmares I collided with your sooty clouds Knocked off my heat As you beat drums At my crooked harvests Though rainstorms wounded me Who knew your gallantry was contagious? Soaked feet dropped daunting drops Who knew your blew- out sufferings At me poured strength? I was poised In the rainbow of possibilities In your gleaming prism..