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Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Blue

September 30, 2018 by Jeff Burkhart Leave a Comment

My heart bleeds for blue
It’s the color of pain
That the writers of song
Use to write sad refrains

But to me blue can be
Such a comforting sight
That I’ve seen in the ocean
And in the sky’s light

And so here is my message
To all that will listen;
“Look up to the sky
And behold the blue glisten”

Come and feel the ecstasy
Felt by the fish
In an ocean of blue;

If I had just one wish

It would be; when I die
I’d be wrapped in a hue
That is warm and is known
As the color of blue

Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme & Reason”

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