I saw a rainbow in the clouds,
Its colours were oh so bright.
It stretched itself across the sky,
It was a marvellous sight.

I wondered where all the colours came from,
Were they hundreds of pretty flowers?
Did they float up to the sky somehow,
When the rain was falling in showers?

Or were they feathers from flying birds,
The colours of yellow and blue?
Did the feathers get lost in the rainclouds
As feathers sometimes do?

The rainbow was very pretty,
It stayed in my mind for hours
And it made me smile to think
It was made of feathers and flowers.

©Karen Chappell