dVerse: Poetics ~ Rose Toes
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| Photo by Grace Beam |
no shoes is my preferred foot wear
with rose colored toes
a pedi from my favorite spa
the polish shade found in 2008
though a different rose shade
adorned my toes in Italy 2005
2007 led to numerous surgeries
but I never entered the OR without
my pretty toes
it became a kind of good luck charm
and something to cheer me up
poking out of hospital sheets
married with pretty toes last year
followed by a honeymoon to France
a few months later
with a new pedi
the pedis stop when too cold for sandals
but still am barefoot indoors
bare feet go into my boots
after a polish-free season
my toes were painted
for my sojourn to Sedona in March
my feet might not be made for walking
but i want them to be pretty
rose toes go with me
to all places important
my personal tradition
sole to soul ~ my happy feet
I love barefoot too - but no painted toes for me - love the thought of the pedi being the good-luck charm...
ReplyDeleteThis is funny and sweet.
ReplyDeleteI envy you your litheness: I can never reach my toes with a brush in one hand :-)
smiles... there are just times when i need red toe nails as well.... and even in winter when no one can see them... it just feels like a piece of luxury and a bit magical as well... smiles... very cool personal tradtition....
ReplyDeletesmiles....once i am in the house i am barefoot....freeing my pigs...ha...i dont paint my nails though..haha...def adds a nice bit of art to have your nails painted...
ReplyDeleteLove it how you end the poem - beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love bare feet as the un-shoes" of choice. And the cheerfulness of painted toes at the end of hospital sheets. Those toes have seen a lot of places, however challenging the walking.
ReplyDeleteLove your happy bare feet and colored toe nails! I'm a barefoot fan too! Hardly ever put on shoes unless I have to! Thanks so much for joining in.
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