I'll Play The Blues For You | Asmi Sundru

The following poem by Asmi Sundru from New Delhi was selected as a commendable mention in Wingword Poetry Prize 2020

Do you see the blues?

Blue pages, blueprints.

Flipping through our lives

Trying to write it down

Or write it off

Blue erasers, blue pens.

Make some mistakes

Then delete it

Or repeat it again

Blue skies, blue seas.

Limitless like our souls

Tied to the tides

Fleeting with the wind

Blue detergents, blue dustbins.

To wash off our sins

And discard our trash

Or fill it in our sad minds

Blue nails, blue skin.

Because in cold spirits

All warmth is gone

Replaced with illnesses

I see the blues everywhere.