The shade of blue that travels from the ground to the sky

Have you ever noticed that everyone would prefer to wear a particular colour of one’s own?

Some likes wearing the same style of black to avoid making choices,

While some like to dress in white for its freshness.

And as a farmer,

His favourite colour is blue, for blue is the colour of ocean.

 

When it comes to farmer, usually we relate to an image of an elder,

But this farmer from Peng Chau was a young man.

He grew butterfly pea flowers,

Which were grown in the soil, and eventually into a sea of flowers in vibrant blue,

Which would then be hand-harvested and used as a type of fabric dye.

 

He thought himself as a fish when wearing blue,

Each crack on the fabric was like fish scales

He would imagine swimming in the sea of azure blue.

 

He met a girl who also loved wearing blue.

 

The girl said, while dressed in blue,

She felt like a butterfly,

That wandered in the sky.

 

Then, the boy and the girl held their hands,

And in costumes that were transformed from the colour of earth,

They started a dance of their own.