Love in Blue

children's poem---a rare blue tree frog was found in Corkscrew Swamp

Love in BLUE


I'm a lady tree frog
tangled up in blue.
My DNA is scrambled,
that explains my hue.

My missing yellow pigments
color me ultramarine.
I'm no longer camoflaged,
but at a distance can be seen.

They captured and sealed me
in a terrarium tight
and displayed me at the nature center
for five long days and nights.

Enraged environmentalists wrote letters
signed and delivered.
Their eloquent pleadings of my plight
set many hearts a-quiver

Back into the CorkScrew Swamp
I was then set free.
This is home and freedom,
don't shed a tear for me.

Just like normal green tree frogs,
it's now love I'm looking for.
A turquoise, teal, or azure prince
I can kiss for ever more.


Author's note: In January 2006 a rare female blue tree frog was discovered in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, FL.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/dec/20/rare_blue_tree_frog_found_corkscrew/