Weekly Photo Challenge: “Blue”

Blue the most common color of all

Blue the bottomless sea

Blue the topless sky

what are we

but a speck in the horizons of its infinite hand

Blue – maybe  the color of god

Is that how it was created?

his favorite color

like a two year old he splurged it all over

first dropping  an entire bottle

to form the endless sea

then like a child who hadn’t had enough

smudging  his hands with some

and painting it all over the canvas gleefully

lighter, marked with white where he couldn’t be bothered to fill

to create the never ending sky

Blue – the color of infinity

Blue –  a confusing color

It’s the color of  ‘refreshing’ in countless  “toothpaste ads”

It’s the blood of  royalty

Peacock _ the graceful blue bird

And the color of the graceful Peacock

Its the color of  depression,

and the color of  feeling “low”

Blue  the color of Indigo

The harbinger of India’s slavery

because that’s where it all started!

Blue the Indian team that many of us are so proud of

And yet its the game that came to us through defeat

Blue the color of poison that Shiv drank to save us

The neelkanth

“The Neelkanth” – Blue – the color of the savior

Blue the color of  “krishan” our beloved child god

And even of Ram, because we don’t wish to admit that he may have been dark

somehow its better to be Blue than dark

Blue for boy

Sri Ram

So lauded in my society that

anything can be done to have one

Blue the color of death

because in the wish for ‘Blue’

the ‘Pinks’ die everyday

Blue – The color of nature, and God and misplaced hopes

Blue – the color that has me confused

This week’s photo challenge was “Blue”  This post is my take on the color Blue and its many connotations

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