{"id":47308,"date":"2011-06-26T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47308\/rainbows-edge-drips-ink-surreal-picture-challenge-featuring-sharonlees-art\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T17:54:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:54:38","slug":"rainbows-edge-drips-ink-surreal-picture-challenge-featuring-sharonlees-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47308\/rainbows-edge-drips-ink-surreal-picture-challenge-featuring-sharonlees-art\/","title":{"rendered":"BEYOND THE RAINBOW&#8217;S EDGE &#8212; Drips of Ink &#8220;Surreal Picture Challenge&#8221; Featuring Sharonlee&#8217;s Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"5\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/DripsofInkSurrealArtSharonleeintotherainbowneon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"5\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><strong>BEYOND THE RAINBOW&#8217;S EDGE<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>I dance with the moon,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and the twinkling stars<\/em><br \/>\n<em>across the expanses <\/em><br \/>\n<em>of space and time,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>toward the rainbow&#8217;s edge<\/em><br \/>\n<em>with the ones who know<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and who have found the way<\/em><br \/>\n<em>toward a better tomorrow.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>I dance with the children<\/em><br \/>\n<em>upon the edge of today<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and sing along<\/em><br \/>\n<em>as together once more<\/em><br \/>\n<em>we continue on the way<\/em><br \/>\n<em>to the rainbow&#8217;s edge and beyond,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>those bands of vibrant color,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>once so elusive and out of reach.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But I can see them now so clearly,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and join in their pilgrimage<\/em><br \/>\n<em>along with the children<\/em><br \/>\n<em>who have led all the way<\/em><br \/>\n<em>with eyes that have seen,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>with hearts that have known<\/em><br \/>\n<em>all along exactly what<\/em><br \/>\n<em>the rainbow holds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>So I join along with them<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and what they know,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>my eyes focused straight ahead,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>for they&#8217;ve shown me <\/em><br \/>\n<em>what there is beyond<\/em><br \/>\n<em>this place where I now stand.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I gladly join with them<\/em><br \/>\n<em>on this magical journey<\/em><br \/>\n<em>toward the rainbow and beyond,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that better place that they have known<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and have come back here to share,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that place where peace and joy exists,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>that place beyond the rainbow&#8217;s edge,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>a future where everyone gets along,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(c) barbara kausteklis 6-26-11<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em>Written for Drips of Ink<br \/>\n&#8220;Surreal Picture Challenge&#8221; <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Featuring the Art of Sharonlee.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/drips_of_ink\/blog\/543386462<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/font><\/font><font size=\"5\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><em> <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"5\"><em><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">~barb~<\/font><br \/>\n<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEYOND THE RAINBOW&#8217;S EDGE I dance with the moon, and the twinkling stars across the expanses of space and time, toward the rainbow&#8217;s edge with the ones who know and who have found the way toward a better tomorrow. 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