“It's not easy being green", Kermit the Frog once said.
Since yellow and blue make this color, is it better to be them instead?
I have been blue once or twice.
It did not feel good, did not feel nice.
Sad and alone is what blue means to me.
Blue is the color I never want to be.
Yellow is another color I have endured.
It made me feel ashamed, confused, and unsure.
Coward and no backbone is what I know,
is my experience with being yellow.
And just like Kermit, I have been green on an occasion.
It's an emotion that’s hard to give an explanation.
Jealous, spiteful, angry, and mean,
is what I felt while being green.
So maybe all these colors I need to ignore.
None of them are easy to be, of this I am sure.
Oct 18, 2020
Oct 18, 2020 at 12:10 PM UTC
“It's not easy being green", Kermit the Frog once said.
Since yellow and blue make this color, is it better to be them instead?
I have been blue once or twice.
It did not feel good, did not feel nice.
Sad and alone is what blue means to me.
Blue is the color I never want to be.
Yellow is another color I have endured.
It made me feel ashamed, confused, and unsure.
Coward and no backbone is what I know,
is my experience with being yellow.
And just like Kermit, I have been green on an occasion.
It's an emotion that’s hard to give an explanation.
Jealous, spiteful, angry, and mean,
is what I felt while being green.
So maybe all these colors I need to ignore.
None of them are easy to be, of this I am sure.
"Simple is good" - Jim Henson
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