It's Not Easy Being Green
An Ode to Kermit and my dad who both taught me more than I realized
(Meant to be read aloud)
“It’s not easy being green”
I hear these words echo echo through my mind
Burning burning in my soul
“It’s not easy being green”
He sang he sang as I grew up
These words this song this song
“It’s not easy being green”
Over and over I wondered why
Why why was it so hard --this being green?
“It’s not easy being green”
He was a frog a frog
And then my dad my dad
“It’s not easy being green”
* * * * *
As I grew the song remained
Embedded deep deep inside
“It’s not easy being green”
What did it mean what did it mean?
I thought and thought
“It’s not easy being green?”
What’s wrong with green?
Is it boring, is it drab?
“If it’s not easy being green…”
What about those other colors?
Could I be red or yellow or gold or something more colorful?
But no, “It’s not easy being green”
Blending in with all the ordinary things
This camouflage existence, is it my destiny?
“It’s so hard being green”
No one notices, notices
I am not seen seen
“It’s so so hard being green”
Always fading fading
Passed on by passed on by
“It’s so boring being green”
* * * * *
But green, green is the color of spring
Green can be cool so cool and inviting
“It’s not easy being green”
But maybe it can be friendly be friendly
Can green be big and tall and important?
“It’s not easy being green”
But maybe it can be important important
Can green be beautiful beautiful?
“What if green is all there is to be?”
I sit I sit, the grave just there
Daddy, why must we be green? I cry
“Why is green all there is to be?”
The grave is still so still
The grass waves softly in the wind
“The green grass sways contentedly”
And I wonder why -- but why wonder
It’s been here all the time
“I’m green and it’ll do fine”
I am beautiful just as I am and I think it’s what I wanna be…
It’s not easy being green, but I was made to just be me
Dedicated to Kermit and my dad who both sang "It's Not Easy Being Green" until I finally got it.
Please enjoy the original song: It's Not Easy Being Green
About the Creator
Maria Calderoni
Born a lover of stories. I love to read, write and tell them. Tales of inspiration, resilience and struggle.
A life long learner, I enjoy nothing more than sharing interesting and useful things I have learned so far.
Please join me.
Keep reading
More stories from Maria Calderoni and writers in Poets and other communities.
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH6 days ago in Critique
Comments
There are no comments for this story
Be the first to respond and start the conversation.