| My Favorite Color I have never seen the ocean Yet I know it is blue I know this from television and pictures And the words of poets and sailors Even from the sounds I have heard What a wonderful color Not just to see but to feel To me it does not mean sadness The ocean is blue It is said that whales reached the land Only to return to the open sea Not to stay under the waves They come up for air For the sky is also blue Full of life and motion A deceptive body of water Vast in expanse Hiding a torrent of beauty and rage The yellow sun boils the surface Fiery red lava twists the floor Between live predators and prey In spite of the chaos, nature is in order Dutifully giving life Mindlessly washing away history Sometimes not enough Others too much Its power and range From a tear to a deluge The break of dawn to the day's farewell Always blue |