A Blue World- Katie Kaiser
they say earth is the blue planet
a blue world.
the oceans are blue;
they are also gray, green, black.
sailing on the ocean
the sky is gray, the ocean its mirror.
never bluer thanÂ
a snowy day
at dusk
in early february.
a lonely, peaceful blue.
snow globes are too bright.
snowflakes don’t look like glitter
they can be beautiful
without sparkle.
when i was in third grade,
i made a snow globe.
super glued the figurine to the lid,
mixed water with glycerine,
added the glitter,
carried it to school,
and
shattered it on the pavement.
it couldn’t be salvaged.
i cut my finger on a shard of glass.
on a snowy day in early february
the earth is bluer than ever
but only at dusk
before it succumbs to darkness
because the moon cannot penetrate the clouds
and the stars are smothered by glitter.