Blue Hair Dye

Two days ago

I died my hair

blue;

maybe to match

the colour of the sky;

maybe to match

my football team;

maybe to match

how I’ve been feeling lately.

.

Green means go

GO

GO

GO;

the busyness of life

that started back up

after sicknesses settled;

how do I

jump back in

to being green

when I have

been feeling

so blue?

.

Red means danger;

the danger that I see

in every person

when I walk

down the street;

hand in hand

with my love;

and she sees it too.

Red with danger;

red with anger;

red with the passion

of our love.

.

Pink is for girls;

and blue is for boys;

arbitrary boxes

that keep us

pinned down.

.

Yellow is my favourite;

J Balvin song;

my favourite colour

as a kid;

the colour of my wall,

behind my bed

in my childhood home;

the colour of the sun

that warms our skin,

the centre of

mother nature's world .

.

Purple became

my favourite

when I turned ten,

because yellow was not

girly enough;

as I got pushed

deeper

into my box;

and when I

broke free,

yellow came racing back

into first place.

.

Orange lights up

the sky at dusk,

dancing in the clouds;

as the sun

goes down,

and day

turns to night.

.

All of the colours

that make up our earth;

and our flag

that flies in the wind.

.

Above buildings,

above people,

all of the time,

in my beautiful city;

especially in Jan

on a Midsumma night .

.

Across the world;

all of the time,

in beautiful cities;

especially in June

across parades and parties

and in people's homes.

.

Joy.

Love.

Pride.

.

And I wish the rest

of the world

could be

like that;

could be full

of joy;

love;

and pride.

.

Could accept

our colours

for what they are;

could learn from them;

the beauty

of our colours.