this kinda blue

Just words with no place to go..

i've been feeling empty lately

kinda out there all by myself

probably need to get me a thicker coat

put this old one here back up on the shelf

i really need to go somewhere

maybe to the library, maybe read a book

find me a new friend...someplace with a different look

getting too old to ramble...not sure what to do

sometimes think about her...when it's

this kinda blue

 

just don't see nothing headed my way

everyday pretty much the same

people start lookin all alike

everyone seems to have a game

all i got is a necklace from you

sometimes i think the whole city

feels this kinda blue

 

it's just an empty feelin

like this might be all i'll be

some nameless,faceless,no-body

living life aimlessly

i don't see the wind changin

not a whole lot left to do

just sometimes wonder

do you remember me, when it's  

this kinda blue

 

sat in the corner booth

of an old family diner

the waitress that took my order

reminded me a bit of you

coffee and toast

a false smile from the host

a drop of rain

does its lonely dance 

down a window pane

i sit alone in a booth for two

there's a sound to this kind of down

a lonely melody

to this kinda blue

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[April Child]

I agree, this definately sounds like a song...

just am kinda curious
if she ever feels this kinda blue

yes it makes you wonder doesnt it.. You capture it well. That cloud that seems to hang only over your head when you are feeling this way... sigh

[E. M. Murren]

Yeah!!! What a great poem. It flows in its own melody. It's theme is repeated perfectly adding to the power of the work. Bravo.

[James K. Blaylock]

Wow, I really love this. I think we've all been to this place at one point or another. And well, some of us just never seem to leave that state of melancholy. Great write, Rain!

[Ecox]

Very nice. Quite lyrical and easy to relate to. Kudos! Thanks for sharing.

[Imperfection]

There is a lyrical feel to this.
Melancholic.

Nice flow all along.
I like how you can potray your emotions in such a simple, matter-of-fact way.
The last stanza is my favorite. I can visualize the scene.

Good one, as usual.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[poddar kushal]

this phase of blue dark and satanic has consumed us at some point of time. you atleast able handedly deal with the intimate feeling." really need to go somewhere" this line alone depicts the hollowness quite essentially.

[Kelly Scheppers]

You have a way about you, of writing something so powerful, and so moving. It's poetry like this that makes me want to curl up in a big chair and just get lost in!

Outstanding piece!

[Karen]

This poem sounds a lot more like lyrics to a song than a poem, though lyrics are poems as well. Loneliness and nostalgia are the obvious image, though there may be an underlying lethargy brought on by age or a hard life ("probably need to get me a thicker coat / put this old one here back on the shelf" "getting too old to ramble"). Distraction doesn't seem to satisfy the narrator (go somewhere / Unlike "Comma Nazi" there are less images like there are emotions expressed (maybe to the library.. maybe read a bookfind me a friend... / someplace with a different look) though he continues to go through the motions of life listlessly and disappointed (the whole city, the corner booth) but it brings no relieve and only seems to intensify the loneliness like drops of rain that race down a window pane. The central idea of the poem is evident in the repetition of the final line of each stanza, changing from the narrator recognizing "this kinda blue" to feeling it, to wanting to share it with the "she" of the poem, to letting it resonate in his life like a melody. The color blue, after all, is the color associated to melancholy.

[kamikazebuterfli]

makes me feel melancholy and sad... but I really liked it!!!

[Tania Leigh]

Well, it's unanimous.....forgive me my redundancy, but I was thinking how great this would be as a song, and then I read your reviews, lol.

This is great, Rain!