Blue

I wade through a deep expanse of blue

Warm soft skin turns pale icy hue

White lies, hold tight

Stretchmarks, wrinkles and scars

Tears make salty tracks

Invisible - so very quiet

I can't remember the way back so I

stay where I feel I might crack

the deafening blue

turns inviting, glittering and beguiling

asks me to ride the waves I've been hiding

Proud of the imperfections that weave my

darkness into midnight blue

and connect my shame with all the others who

suffer invisibly

inside their mind

then learn to shine light too.