barefoot
The tips of my shoes are like tigers
my brown rubber soles are the eyes
walking and holding you in my sights;
run rabbit run
Your tail holds all of your secrets
trailing you around seedy corners
interrupting the dust that has settled;
you ruin everything you touch
Stinging my eyes with your footsteps
sealing my eyes with your sadness
but I do know where you’ve been
and I don’t want to know what you mean
you will be nothing to me.
Your incessant reminder perturbs me
so I will walk through the puddles again
in my toughest tiger tipped shoes
kicking up the water
I am so tired of this scent
remove
remove
remove
I could stay here all day
dancing like this
because it makes you disappear
until the dust settles and I am barefoot again.
© ryan
Comments
WOW!that’s incredible.send me a photo of tiger shoes babe..please :-)
incredible is right
such strength show here Nicole….wow…this one has left me almost speechless and that is pretty hard to do lol !!! Inst fav!!!!!! keep up the wonderful work…….
superb…the last line just wraps it all up in perfectness~*
woooohhhh such a powerful use of words.
shoots straight to the heart!
well done my little rabbit
xox
;-)
What a killer first line! This held me captive, all the way through. I also have a scent that I tire of……this is wonderful indeed.
Good stuff, you have a talent with words!
This creates powerful imagery and teases all five senses Nicole! A fantastic piece of writing. :-)
great job Nicole! it looked fab all done up last night. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to meet you. I was overwhelmed by it all and catching up with friends I haven’t seen for a long time. Hope you enjoyed your night and don’t have as sore a head as me from drinking to much wine =)
Nicole beautiful words to accompany Aglaia’s photograph! A really interesting collaboration! I hope you are well and enjoying the holidays!Sx