🌧”The Color Blue” by Kaltuma Abdikadir, which is still on view at 2222 Chippewa, is excerpted from a poem Kaltuma wrote as a reflection on her relationship with sorrow. The full poem reads: The color blue. A symbol of imagination. A symbol of hope. To cope with feelings of sorrow. Swallow the hollow eco in the misty mellow. This is my last cry. I have tapped my tears dry. Blue is for the ocean, as the commotion of the waves motion but with a dash of darkness. The blue sea drifting, as I am sad, tears blue. What is wrong with feeling blue? As I am the blueprint of my sorrow. Tomorrow I can dance in the rain under the blue skies, as the water sweeps over my feet surrounds where I stand. The water talks to me, calling me to the soft sand. The blue is now a part of my memory to cherish. - @outsidelitmag #poetry #publicart #publicartinstallation #mural #stlouis