Ella Blue Wayne - My Middle Name is Blue
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Introduction<br />
<strong>My</strong> middle name <strong>is</strong> <strong>Blue</strong>.<br />
As I’ve continued to grow up,<br />
I’ve gotten pangs of an unfamiliar feeling.<br />
It wasn’t until recently that I was able to pin it as<br />
nostalgia.<br />
Since, I’ve began to identify my life with the color<br />
blue.<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> book <strong>is</strong> a combination of those two things,<br />
represented with poems and portraits.
<strong>My</strong> middle name <strong>is</strong> <strong>Blue</strong><br />
When I was born my eyes were too<br />
As I grew up they turned green<br />
But sometimes in the sun<br />
I think they’re still blue<br />
<strong>My</strong> middle name <strong>is</strong> <strong>Blue</strong><br />
<strong>My</strong> mom told me it’s because<br />
“<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>is</strong> like the sky and the sea,”<br />
But I’m not quite sure<br />
What that has to do with me<br />
<strong>My</strong> middle name <strong>is</strong> <strong>Blue</strong><br />
And I like when I tell people<br />
And they say, “wow, really?”<br />
And I like when songs have <strong>Blue</strong> in their name<br />
Because I feel like they’re about me<br />
<strong>My</strong> middle name <strong>is</strong> <strong>Blue</strong><br />
And I like when the ocean <strong>is</strong> sort of green<br />
Because my eyes are too
Brenda<br />
February 5th<br />
The day my mother was born<br />
Everyone smiled
Cole<br />
<strong>My</strong> mom and I used to call him<br />
Coley Roly Polie<br />
We pretended h<strong>is</strong> middle name was Gray<br />
Because he wanted a color in h<strong>is</strong> name<br />
Just like me<br />
He cried when I popped h<strong>is</strong> balloon<br />
And when I wanted to take guitar lessons too<br />
We shared stuffed animals the same way<br />
We shared a childhood<br />
Sometimes I don’t recognize him<br />
Because he has become so quiet and gentle<br />
He’s warm and grey,<br />
Just like h<strong>is</strong> name
Red<br />
Painting my toes with my mom<br />
<strong>My</strong> feet were so small, how did she do it?<br />
<strong>My</strong> best friend’s hair in elementary school<br />
She told me only 2 percent of the population <strong>is</strong> ginger<br />
Getting my period for the first time<br />
<strong>My</strong> mom wasn’t home so my dad had to call her<br />
H<strong>is</strong> lips right before my first k<strong>is</strong>s<br />
I was so nervous I kept my eyes open<br />
<strong>My</strong> gums when I floss<br />
I can’t remember to do it everyday, so they bleed<br />
Always my last pair of underwear<br />
They’re my least favorite but I hate doing laundry
David<br />
First he was an actor<br />
And he made me and my brother laugh<br />
Because he would do funny accents<br />
Then he was a chef<br />
And he made me a lemon birthday cake<br />
Because I only ate lemon flavored things<br />
Then he was a masseuse<br />
And he made my mom 3 centimeters taller<br />
Because he learned how to in Utah<br />
Then he fell asleep at our table in the pizza place<br />
And he made my dad upset<br />
Because we flew all that way to see him<br />
Then he was in rehab<br />
And he made some progress<br />
Because that’s what h<strong>is</strong> parents were paying for<br />
Then he came to Thanksgiving<br />
And he made me measure h<strong>is</strong> pulse with my timer<br />
Because it was faster than it should have been<br />
Now he’s in old family photos<br />
And it makes me w<strong>is</strong>h he stayed an actor<br />
Because he was so good at it
Growing up,<br />
I couldn’t fall asleep<br />
Without someone holding my hand<br />
I’m not sure why<br />
Now, there’s still nights where I w<strong>is</strong>h<br />
I could ask whoever <strong>is</strong> in the room<br />
To hold my hand so I can sleep<br />
But I’m too old now
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