PILOTS SEE many shades of blue in the sky. Light blue. Medium blue. Vibrant, bright blue. White blue. Blue violet. A blue deep and mysterious, mixed with gray. A blue that melts and sheds and morphs into purples and pinks. Everyone likes those beautiful blue skies. But sometimes? Sometimes the sky is dark blue, black blue, midnight blue. And sometimes life is blue too. Blue is the empty chair at the desk in the classroom where my best friend used to sit. Blue is the ache in my heart when I pick up the phone to call her and remember she is gone. Blue is Aunt Ini’s warm hugs. Blue is a hot mug
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