blue

blue is that perfect summer day
you know the one with warm sun and a slight breeze 
blue is the ocean, pulling and pushing at the shore,
tempting you to jump in and get carried away from all your problems 
blue is the color of mountains 
and well loved jeans 
blue is a rainy july day 
with quiet thunder 
blue is my paint 
Brushed with gentle stokes onto a waiting canvas 
Blue is feeling lonely 
On a sunny day
Blue is the color of a cracked plastic cup
Still siting on the counter
After saying you would pick it up three times 
Blue is intentionally getting lost in all the back roads and forests 
It's your first memory of swimming 
Kicking and pulling your way through the water 
Blue is the night sky from my roof 
Lit by the rising moon.