Dark, crystal blue
Aquamarine
Tide pools that lie to the side of the sea

They carry the waves
People surf to feel free
But eventually they became
Like tsunamis to me

Your eyes held the sky
And all it’s potential
When you thought of me well
I deemed myself special

When raindrops fell from the clouds
And crashed on the ground
My eyes, like the earth,
Took them in safe and sound

From the day you arrived
I thought I was alive
Blue lightning lit up the gray in your eyes

If I were smart, I’d know better
Than to ignore the storms that it hides
And the winds that would influence
Every thought in my mind

You push and you pull
Until you get your way
And I let you take me
Out past the waves

When you let me go
I might have thought to swim
But with no end around me
I wouldn’t know where to begin

The ground seemed warm and inviting
I let myself sink under the water
But as the depth stretched out farther
I think it only got colder

Although I was thrashing around
I swore I was okay
I knew that by then you didn’t want me
But I insisted that I stay

By the time I stopped fighting
You were already gone
So I cried and I cried
And all that I saw

Was blue, shining blue
Bright, hopeful blue
The gift of the unknown tomorrow, blue
The only color I could’ve sworn that I knew

But it’s been a long time since that meant anything to you

And it was a long time
Before I realized I’d stopped breathing
I figured it’d be a longer time yet
Before I could feel my heart beating

For the first time ever
I wondered what was in your sight
When you looked at me
And your eyes held that light

I wondered if it had meant anything at all
Before I decided it didn’t matter to me
You were loving and you were hateful
But more than that, you were free

With you, I don’t know any more than I dream

So I won’t try to analyze
Any more than I see
I know blue, only blue
As b. l. u. e.