OctPoWriMo 2018! Day 15: If _______ were an umbrella

You rise above me,
shielding clouds
while letting through sunshine.

Together we shake off raindrops
with laughter that echoes
off gleaming pavements.

Your robust silvery skeleton
sees me through showers.

Faithfully folded beside me always,
you flourish magnificently
when needed
(which is to say,
in the Netherlands,
often).

You come in a variety of colours
to suit my every mood:
fierce leopard-print,
iconic bright violet,
Monarch butterfly on blue.

In short, you are my rainbow
for after storms have passed.

You don't even need to be
my umbrella for that.