Shades of Blue
By Samantha Nobles ’22
“How do you describe the color blue?”
By Grace Wilson ’23
Blue is known to evoke melancholy. Yet I find no sadness in it.
Blue extends beyond rainy days and Mondays; goodbyes and endings.
It is your first breath, welcoming, vulnerable.
Driving open-roaded, rolled-down windows, volume full of music,
Free and uninhibited.
Blue is an evening twilight
When the cerulean sky dissolves into a midnight hue.
It is the silent hour of the indigo night,
When I am awake while the rest of the world is asleep.
It is that moment when the sun looms through a cloudy day
And I feel the warmth of its rays on my neck to my knees,
From my teeth to my tongue. To my lungs.
Blue is a loyal friend to whom I shout, “Hello!”
And who assures me that everything will be alright.
Don’t you see? Blue isn’t always rooted in perpetual gloom.
It is a color overflowing with wonder and hope.