Half a dozen blues

I had a dream

I took a drop of byzantine blue

and drew a picture

of when we walked, hand in hand,

while the turquoise Bosphorus

tickled our faces with a gentle spray.

The sky was bright aqua, with white

spots of seagulls deflecting the sun

Ancient indigo stained glass

absorbed the light, as if the sea gods

sent ocean azure to become a land color

You smiled my blues away

Even when my paint ran out

you became the blue of my heart.

Author's Note

Image = Constantinople by Konstantinovich Aivazovsky......I hope you can see all the blues....:)