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 born of Arsego's desire to write 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. The author notes that, '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.' Completed in the weeks following Arsego's uterine cancer diagnosis, she describes the experience, 'as if seeing it all through a more sharply focused lens.' Also, as one living with anxiety and depression most of her life, Arsego 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 small contribution to the movement.