Not blue like the ocean,
Nor blue like the sky.
Not blue like my jeans,
Nor blue like my eye.
Not blue like the tint of the water,
Nor blue like the cover of the book.
Not blue like the great big house,
Nor blue like the color of the hook.
Not blue like the legs on the crab,
Nor blue like the paint on the wall.
Not blue like the symbol on the sign,
Nor blue like the frame in the hall.
Not blue like the strange lizards tongue,
Nor blue like the sheet on the bed.
Not blue like the ink in the pen,
Nor blue like the hat on his head.
Not blue like the scales on the fish,
Nor blue like the pedals of the flower.
Not blue like the puppy's new collar,
Nor blue like the top of the tower.
But blue so old, so simple, non-complex
A blue so pure, not like the rest.
The shade of blue that I request
Is simply….
Blue.