Manicured Feet

for MS

Yes, you will love again.
Your heart will survive this
It may not be what you imagine now-
but you will.
You will probably love her
for not being me.
For having eyes that see you
instead of beyond you.
For an instep on an arched foot
whose toes do not have garden dirt
caked into crevices;
with the nails, polished, not ragged.

You will love her for the
song of sanity she sings like relief
through your bored and isolated days.

And you will love her
for being someone who reads poetry
but who is dependable enough
to not need to live it.

Yes, you will love again,
and she will be worth
the world you offer her
on the strings for the shoes
to cover
her perfectly manicured feet
because you never did grasp
why some of us need to live Life
...barefoot.

Reviews

[arbitrary jane]

true and only the slightest bit scathing. ah, maria my kinswoman ... for those of the barefoot clan... we who need to feel the earth, the sand, the hot pavement, the wet dewy grass, the rough tree branches and cool spanish tiles... who can't resist wading knee-deep into whatever body of water we happen to come across... who want nothing shielding us from our understanding of the world... you will love again, too.

[Lily Mae]

Barefoot with manicured feet is the best :) xx Excellent write..xx

[lostboy]

i guess we all love again ..when this one ends. but what if some loves never end. this is a true piece of life.

[Larry Dyson]

im afraid I need to live life as close to barefoot as possible...dont know that I can define LOVE...I do know the Astral matching and being part of another ...I prefer that...I wonder how many do or would if they knew or know of it?...

[Emily B]

such a wonderful song of consolation. . . beautiful