Behind the Blue is the second publication from Indie Author and Connecticut resident, Sharon Arsego. While her first poetry collection, Cadence, was more nature infused and inspired by the light, Behind the Blue is poetry and prose about moments and emotions born out of living within the varying shades of life's shadows.

Behind the Blue begins in the darkness that often consumes us, and gradually moves towards the slivers of light that lift us out of it. Behind the Blue contains over ninety pieces within four chapters or sections:Nightshade, Moonbeams, Bella Luna and Stardust.

The mood of Behind the Blue begins in the darkest shadows of Nightshade, moves into the dusky light of Moonbeams, leads the reader into the more welcoming light of Bella Luna, and leaves them with Stardust, a sprinkling of poetic prose and verse. From the author: "In many ways, while Cadence was a collection sharing my observations of the natural world and internalizing that life inward, Behind the Blue is my internal life and dialogue, my mind's eye, if you will, being shared with the outside world.

"A poetic Prologue and Epilogue are included in the total of (87) pieces of poetry and prose within Behind the Blue. Nightshade: (17) pieces including In the night there are shadows of shadows, and HeartbrokenMoonbeams: (18) pieces, including Close to the Vest, I always knew you were on loan, and Embrace the SuckBella Luna: (21) pieces, including The Comeback, A Dark Side, and Be a ThornStardust: (29) piecesCompleted in the weeks following Arsego's uterine cancer diagnosis and related surgeries, she describes the experience, "as seeing life through a more sharply focused lens.

" Also, as one living with anxiety and depression most of her life, Arsego also strongly supports efforts to improve mental health education and awareness, and hopes the message within the pages of Behind the Blue will serve as a useful contribution to the movement. .