Blue Poem by Maya Reid

I am always blue
But just as one color has different shades
Different hues
I have different layers
You need to know all the variations
To know me deep
To know me true

You see, sometimes I am sky blue
Baby blue
Innocent as the day I was born
Bright and bubbly
Carefree and full of sunshine
And when I am the sky, baby blue
There’s nothing I can’t do
And there’s nothing you can say or do
To bring me down
Or take away my crown
When I’m up so high in my baby blue sky

But most people see me when I’m royal blue
Putting on the facade of a queen
I feel like I’m so separate from the world
But, mind you, not stuck up
Not necessarily above them all
Just separate...distant
Pretending that I understand what they’re going through
When they talk about their social problems, breakups and makeups
Wearing a mask that says “I care”
But royal blue is only for when I’m in public
Trying to fit in
Trying to pass for normal
Because royal blue is the hue
Of someone alone in the crowd

And when I’m not alone
When I’m with you
I can be my real, true, deep down hue of blue
That deep, dark, depths of the ocean, almost black blue
You see my bruises – I become black and blue
We talk, and the depths of the water come pouring out
The sorrow bleeds out of that deep dark hue
Because I see my pain mirrored in you
And, with your love, you bring me back up to
That sky high – so good I could fly
My sweet sweet baby
You bring me back up to
That sweet sweet baby blue.