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.

 

Inkpaw

VT

17 years old

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  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker