Blue is Serotonin

I’ve been searching endlessly for validation

Not wanting to disappoint my parents of their creation

I envied those born with it all

Those who never knew what it meant to fall

Mad at those who fit in

Those who felt comfortable in their own skin

For a while I felt blue

Sick, tired and through

It was only until yesterday

When I stayed up and watched the day wash away

Yellow, orange, pink, and red all went to bed

As the waking night sky glistened anew

Blue

But not as the color I knew

Weighted by all the worldly sorrows

It Looked down at me and said

Pick up your head and step out the shadows of lies.

The truth is in the dark is where healing, strength and restoration resides.

Do you not know the color of night is infused in your hue?

Made in the image of the one who created you?

Blue is powerful!

Blue is the color of the waves that wash today into yesterday, leaving a new slate to pave a new way into tomorrow

Night kissed me

outlining the curve of my cheek with the color of midnight.

Danced away on the wings of fireflies.

I looked within

Finally accepting all that I saw as sin

I let myself grin

A smile that could set the world on fire

A smile that returned all my desires

I fell in love with myself

I had misjudged being blue

I could no longer be shamed

Because through it all I overcame

I will have my days when I will need to get a little lost to be found

To return to my core’s sound

No longer burden by the troubles of my past

No longer worried about the troubles of tomorrow

I earned peace

The moonlit night washed over me

Isn’t the moon beautiful tonight?

It was only till then I realized

Blue was serotonin.