My Rainbow Dress

(Excerpt taken from Comfort My People by Miryam Sakeena Nahar)

~~…When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.’ 
(Genesis 9:16)

 ~‘My Rainbow Dress’~ is dedicated to my late father,  Sadiq Masih.

      Just like Joseph in the Bible and singer Dolly Parton,
 ‘My Rainbow Dress’ was for me my ‘Coat of many colours’.
      The poem depicts both my love for my late father, and the Fatherhood I have found within my Christian faith.

This "Rainbow Dress", so free so fresh
I remember it blessed.
So many, so much against me
But my "Rainbow Dress", so fresh
It blessed... a shield around me.

It promised me, just like my Rainbow in the sky
And just like my Rainbow in the sky
I could touch it.

All my dreams, so fresh
All my hopes, longing and reaching for his Rest
His Love, so warm, so safe
So new, so fresh
So I said, "Yes. Thank you…."

I'll walk, as the photograph foretold long ago
But you know where I walk?
It's not just all talk
It’s a Promise.

Boldly, I wear my only "Sabbath best"
"My Rainbow Dress, like the first New morning, so fresh
My Father's given me his Promise
My Father's given me great courage
And just like my Rainbow in the sky, so high
I'll walk tall, wearing my "Rainbow Dress", so fresh
It's a Promise.

© Miryam Ruth Nahar 2008