Eigrengrau

Blue | Lily Kolakowski | painting

 Eigrengrau by Juliette Leeth

Is the color you see when you close your eyes.  

A dark light,  

 a swirl of colors surrounded by blackness.  

But it’s real meaning is  

“own gray”  

So mine will not match yours if we pressed them together.  

Close your eyes.  

Tell me what color you see? 

But before she answers,  

a gloved hand rushes in suddenly and takes the grey.  

She closes her eyes and sees:  

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