If I Were Blue

<p>If I were blue Like david hockney's pool Dive into me and glide Under a california sky Inside your mouth and nose and eyes am I</p><p>If I were blue Like edward hopper's afternoon Lift the sash to air the breeze Let my summer flush your cheek Lie supine beneath the soft and gentle season</p><p>Would that this were that This is more like black Dark as darkest indigo Sickly sweet and ripe Like nothing Smothering light</p><p>Bring on the pelting rain Palpable sensual pain Like goya in his studio In the thick of night Absence is Dull and silent</p><p>If I were blue A pale picasso blue As beauty is to sorrow Let me cover you in sleep And in your melancholy I would give you peace</p><p>If I were blue...</p>