Young Writers

Blue
Gary Yang

“‘What’s your favourite colour?’

I’ve always loved the colour blue. Not any old blue, mind you. But deep blue, dark blue. The sort of blue that you can lose yourself in, that seems to stretch on forever. If you ever go out into the countryside, away from the harsh noises and sharp lights of the city, and look into the night sky, you’ll know what colour I’m talking about. It’s the impossibly deep blue that stains the space between the stars, that stretches to unfathomable depths, that is always just out of your reach, the colour most people dismiss as ‘black’ that I love so much …”