Rainbow

A little boy saw

a little star

he thinks ‘ It can’t be

quite that  far’,

he wished if  

he had a tall stair

he would love to

go up there,

‘Where can I get

a stair just one,’

he looked around

but found none, 

he began to cry

and loudly shout

but his mama was

nowhere about,

now it happened

that a tiny fairy

was caught in spider net

and that was scary,

she was small

smaller than a fly

she loved to ride

a little butterfly,

she looked around

for help she cried 

little boy saw her

and his tears dried,

"Hurry and help me

before I get killed

your one wish

I will have fulfilled”

at the trapped fairy

did little boy look

spider’s net then

he wildly shook, 

the nasty spider

could do no harm

what little boy did

had worked like charm,

little fairy got free

from the trap

in sheer joy

did little boy clap,

“Well, well you are

a nice little boy

but were you crying

to get some toy?”

“Little fairy, toys are

of course real fun

but I wish I could go

to a star anyone”

fairy looked at stars

in the evening light

while she pondered

the boy stood quiet

“What you need is a bridge

from earth to sky

let me do something”

and she said goodbye,

one day little boy was

teasing his mother

when little fairy came

along with another.

“You will have to rush

if you want to go to a star

we have built a bridge

and it’s a bit far”,

the boy rushed out

and looked around

there was a  bridge

and it was round,

colours were streaming

across the sky

like a shining arch  

and it was really high,

but he could not

see any star

what fun it would be

to go that far,

he felt he would wait

till stars come

but when stars came

he was glum,

bridge had vanished

and Sun had set

stars were shining

and the boy could only fret.

© i b arora