there will be tears and hiphop

I like the red shoes
and I like the way the words
fall solid into the space
created by the act of looking

Tears and hiphop
a reminder of the sweet
fragility of living, of loving

The slender feet in the special red shoes
I know, somehow, the owner is dreaming, finding hope and healing.

I'll take life. I'll embrace the hiphop
and the tears.


* I wrote these words months and months ago, in response to a picture I saw on flickr. The artist I haven't seen for years, but he is one of the many people for whom I have images in my head, and words. And today a parcel arrived for me.