I Am Blue

I am blue.

Azure as my father’s eyes

The morn his soul took flight.

Fickle as faithless friends or flames

Who never loved right.

Melancholic, true, for

I am blue.

I am a King;

I rule

From dawn to twilight and beyond. Royal robes revealed hither and yon

Earthen ones before me cower.

My navy o’er the deep doth tower, for

I am blue.

Recon I’ll play a little ditty for you

With banjo, mandolin an’ fiddle too.

Songs of the gentle folk

Who dwell upon the hills of smoke.

I share my songs for your delight,

A lullaby for you to sleep tight

In ever-deep’ning shades of night, for

I am blue.

                ~ G Landerfelt

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