Blue

Blue depths of sadness,
rolling oceans of sorrow,
under cloudless blue skies of hope.
Uplift me from this blue mood.

Bluebottle buzzes along,
the bluebird sings a sweet song
the blue whale swims deep
blue eyes and mine never meet.

Bluebloods own so much land
in the cold you get blue hands
former beauty’s have blue-rinsed hair
blue ribbon parties just don’t care

You get a Blue for playing sport
Navy Blues have girls in every port
if your hair is red you get called blue
I even know people who wear blue shoes

when I was born I looked blue
when I’m dead I’ll look blue too
police respond with flashing blue lights
black and blue from a bruising fight