Blue Blood by Carmen M. Pursifull



Appearances may deceive
even the discerning.
No matter what your station
blood runs red in your veins.
So where did this legend 
Of Nobility come from
& the shade of Royal Blue?
What to Social Registers
contribute to the tincture 
of blood?  Noblemen do not 
refract Sunlight & dire
circumstances can place one
in a salt-water coffin.
It is the Ocean’s currents
which cloud its waters with matter
& metals changed to ion.
So depth alone cannot determine
the turbidity which affects
Light’s spectrum.  Salt water
slowly decomposes all substances
& what are we who once
crawled from the sea.
No we ride in capsules
& breathe cleansed Earth’s atmosphere.
Confinement in submersibles
can try the best of men..
Space is that precious 
preventative of claustrophobia
for some humans.
Air is a prerequisite for all mammals..
& what of depth’s pressures
crushing body forms & hulls alike.
Strained compressions
seek entrance with compelling force
to reclaim its airborne offspring.
what of divers who suffer
cuts at water’s depths
bleeding blue from wounds
deceiving even the discerning.

Carmen M. Pursifull