i had dinner plans in the city with the girls tonight, so had to take the turnpike to hook on to take the dreaded expressway in straight from work during rush hour. the temperature had dropped 20 degrees since the morning, dipping into the 50s according to my car's gauge, and it seemed like this affected the skies. as the sun is setting earlier now, my drive was lit up by the brilliant shades of color, rues of pink and purple and blue. once i exited to connect to the freeway, i saw it: the tailights and considerable back-up ahead of me, yes; but also a large, bright rainbow reaching up into the clouds. it was quite distracting. and as i drove around the curve, i noticed a second one, looking as if it was standing straight up. it took me a few more seconds to realize that it was the same rainbow, the base of each end showing with the arch smothered by the puffy, pink clouds.
in that moment, the traffic wasn't unbearable. i sighed in relief, feeling lighter. happy. how can you not smile when you see a rainbow?
i clung to that feeling of levity, of weightlessness as long as i possibly could. i'm sure now it's what got me through the next hour of crawling to my destination.
and i know singing this song in my head helped too.
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