BOOTS OF EMBROIDERED FLOWERS

An Earth-centric sympathetic poem (flowers walking the earth)

 

Dylan wrote about boots of Spanish leather

Left his woman and sailed into some bad weather

Don’t know if they ever got together

Me? Love flowers like roses and heather

 

I’m traveling alone through the world

My hair silver but humidity-curled

Each state has their flags unfurled

At night the stars are Van Gogh swirled

 

Hard for a lone woman to stay safe

Especially small and looking like a waif

Hoping there will be no sudden sky strafe

But at least my boots do not chafe

 

Carrying a wayfarer’s rune      

Stepping through a sandy dune

Fire crystals and a silver spoon

Hurrying through the late afternoon

 

Boots of embroidered flowers

Help me tramp these long hours

As I move among the world give me power

To protect myself like a stone tower

 

Mek te kerdyol kadya! Let it be so done!

 

© 2023 Clarissa Simmens (poem and photo)

Photograph © 2023 Embroidered flower boots and ukulele