a little girl’s dream,
standing
high
in
heeled red shoes,
takes
her miles
into
her light
where
she is
neither
shelved
with
those shoes
society
imposes,
nor
toppled
off
the pedestal
status
builds
Rather,
with each
balanced
step, she
rules
the stars
that
twinkle in
her
mother’s eyes
Written for T.S. Poetry/Every Day Poems/Tweetspeak Poetry - September/Image-ine: Red Shoes based on painting by Nicola Slattery at http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2012/09/21/image-ine-red-shoes/
Written for T.S. Poetry/Every Day Poems/Tweetspeak Poetry - September/Image-ine: Red Shoes based on painting by Nicola Slattery at http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2012/09/21/image-ine-red-shoes/
Thanks for the lovely poem Grace. Best wishes Nicola Slattery
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