Turning Blue

There are Hindu gods with blue faces.I remember seeing them in illustrations.Maybe they got that way from talking too much;

“I try talking to you until I am blue in the face.”

Maybe they weren't talking.Maybe they were dancing to ragasSwift as winds in hurricane skies,as currents in swollen rivers,as avalanches of thought;multiples of arms, legs,toes curled,multiples of hands,thumbs on forefingers,a way to calm themselves,get their ya-yas out,attempt union,dance their way into the Good Kingdom.

No, it is not from talkingthat they have blue faces;it comes from pain,unable to slow the raga,unable to catch one's breathwhen dancing so hard and for so long.