Lake blue, sky blue
azure tropical blue,
indigo, turquoise, cobalt, lapis
granny's old blue soap
Blue, Blue, I Love You.
Blue the child's lunchbox
and blue her pinafore,
blue her favourite crayon,
and blue the old school door.
Blue the sky when all turns to darkness
and just before dawn.
the colour of pain and fear the colour of storms
the colour of wonder,
the colour of chance.
of joyful sadness.