Definition of Blue

Blue is the bottomless pit feeling of soul-shattering pain
&
the calm, serene feeling of soul-filling joy

Blue is the sound of a brokenhearted Lady Day moaning out a melancholy song
&
the upbeat tempo of a cheerful Earl Scruggs sending a banjo tune floating to the sky

Blue is the pale heights of Mt. Everest
&
the near black depths of the Marianis Trench

Blue is as hard and forbidding as a sapphire
&
as soft and inviting as a mountain pond

Blue is a clear cloudless sky over desert & tundra
that can fry you or freeze you if you’re unwary

Blue is deep & vast & infinite

Blue is paradox

©2008 -Art Belliveau