"Rainbows In My Mind" is a song which I wrote following my cancer journey in 2006:


When the rain clouds gathered round
Made me run for safer ground
Panicked when it could not be found - I’m hiding.
Paint a rainbow in my mind
Thought ahead and I did find
All at once the storm clouds were subsiding


And I want all the world to know
That my future’s lookin’ bright
When problems come along
I won’t give up without a fight
And when others don’t play fair
I’ll turn my back and I’ll play right
I won’t despair, I’ll paint the rainbows in my mind.


Wonder why they came around
All those things that knocked me down
Overwhelming, wish the gods had laid off!
Wandering through that great unknown
Now its passed, how I have grown
Never knew til then what I was made off


And I want all the world to know
That I’m glad I got through this
Each day that I’m alive
Is a day that I won’t miss
And the troubles that I’ve had
In my life, have been a gift
For they’ve made me paint the rainbows in my mind


Admire all those who stood by me
Raised me up and set me free
When all I wanted to do was give up trying.
How I want to be like them
Grow from love and start again
Fix my wings and off I go, I’m flying!


And I want all the world to know
That I am strong and I am fine
All my friends to know that I’ll be there anytime
Through the sorrow of their rain to the joy of their sunshine
For they helped me paint the rainbows in my mind

Louise Barron
Inverness, United Kingdom