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Waves of Feeling Blue

By Jessica Jordan

The color blue hits you in waves like
baby blues that flirt with you from across the room
at an old rusty bar somewhere downtown.
Cobalt veins running through your bare body like a map, 
as they slowly trace each road with the tips of icy fingers.
Sapphire gems wrapped around your neck and wrist
blind you with their potential beauty,
while you stare out into the midnight sky trying to find
where the skyline meets the ocean,
thinking of a time when blue was just a color
and not the marks left behind from their touch.
Indigo nights seem to last forever
as you race down the highway in search of
a new color to love. 

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