If I could pain myself
I'd paint me different shades of blue
From baby blue to navy blue
And everything in between
Cobalt, ultramarine, cerulean and royal blue
Also with a bit of greyish blue and a ocean blue
With a bright blue and a gloomy blue
I'd paint myself
Starting with the lightest blues
Marian blue, powder blue
The ever bright sky blue
As my brush dances inwards
I add the darker hues
The sad blue, the angry blue
The nightmare-calling midnight blue
If I could paint myself
I'd paint me different shades of blue.
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Different Shades of Blue
PoesiaThe poet is expressing that she would pain herself blue, as blue can both calm and serene like the sky, but can also be rage like the wild ocean waves. Metaphorically, this poem represents that there is both good, and bad, in all of us, and to embr...
