Blue is the color of my blood
before the knife enters my back.
Backstabbers.
Blue is the color of my veins
before I slit them whole.
Scarred.
Blue is the color of the sky
that I used to stare up at
before it turned gray.
Polluted.
Blue is the color that looks best
against my pale, dead skin.
Alone.
Blue is the color of my face
after I was born.
Sorrowful.
Blue is the color
of my knees
after i have spent my life praying
to an earless god.
Bruised.
So when i die put me
in the most
beautiful blue dress
Known to man
and forgive me for my trespasses
as i have forgiven those
who trespass against me.
Sinner.
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