this kinda blue

Just words with no place to go..

i've been feeling empty lately

kinda out there all by myself

probably need to get me a thicker coat

put this old one here back up on the shelf

i really need to go somewhere

maybe to the library, maybe read a book

find me a new friend...someplace with a different look

getting too old to ramble...not sure what to do

sometimes think about her...when it's

this kinda blue

 

just don't see nothing headed my way

everyday pretty much the same

people start lookin all alike

everyone seems to have a game

all i got is a necklace from you

sometimes i think the whole city

feels this kinda blue

 

it's just an empty feelin

like this might be all i'll be

some nameless,faceless,no-body

living life aimlessly

i don't see the wind changin

not a whole lot left to do

just sometimes wonder

do you remember me, when it's  

this kinda blue

 

sat in the corner booth

of an old family diner

the waitress that took my order

reminded me a bit of you

coffee and toast

a false smile from the host

a drop of rain

does its lonely dance 

down a window pane

i sit alone in a booth for two

there's a sound to this kind of down

a lonely melody

to this kinda blue

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[April Child]

I agree, this definately sounds like a song...

just am kinda curious
if she ever feels this kinda blue

yes it makes you wonder doesnt it.. You capture it well. That cloud that seems to hang only over your head when you are feeling this way... sigh

[Jane Doe]

I feel like these are words that could have come straight from my heart. I feel so empty sometimes. There is a melancholy feeling to this poem that I love. Great write!

[Jinx]

This does sound like a song. You should put music to it. Beautiful poetry, Ray. I liked it very much.

[Iretex2012]

great job...i enjoyed reading this...

[TL Boehm]

beautiful bluesy melodic words here...although the message is soulful and lonely -the words are vivid.

[Jet Lag]

agreed, great lyrics for a song!

[Robert A. Pacheco]

Simply so awesome. Melodic to me.. Songlike in it's own way. The words carried a tune of lonelyness with it, making it more deep, more "blue".

I find myself relating to away with the write. Lately I've been blue too.
Anyways, I loved it. It matched my mood, and it was just simply too good.

Outstanding write.
Thank you,
Rob

[Jayne Ann Saporito]

Rain, you have led a rich and colorful life, and what makes that so great is that you know how to put your stories into words so very well! You can write down what others can only vaguely remember. This poem has the feeling of a song, a longing, I can just hear it with music. Love it!

[None]

You really capture the whole feeling here, thinking of someone and maybe you are better off alone without them--but maybe not? You know you have to get on with life but it's hard. Your words here really brought the poem home....
"a false smile from the host drops of rain race down a window pane i sit alone in a booth for two there's a sound to this kind of down a lonely melody to this kinda blue"...an extremely beautiful sad poem. Lovely in many ways.

[Eustacia]

Beautifully touching poem. Most people have and will again, feel this kinda blue, but that doesn't mean anything when the person feeling it is you. You really got the feeling across here, of exactly that no hope, depressed feeling, what a great piece to read when I feel like this too, but nobody could ever feel my kinda blue...Nice words, sorta reassuring in a way.

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Who is 'she?' Anyway, you will never be just another faceless and nameless person. You have made your mark. Your writing is eternal and so are you. I would not call you ordinary, neither are you a nobody!
I think you were having a bad day...that is all and we all have those, keep smiling Ray, this is unlike you...
Cheer up my friend,
Love to you and Sue and the family,
Helen :-)