Red shoes

Red shoes sit 

rosey petals serenely smile 

connecting you to the grass 

with each and every step 

you walk with a tenderness talking 

a softness singing 

connecting you grounding you 

and it could be that a rose rests with you 

a tenderness sits surrounding your feet 

and each and every step is easy 

red shoes sit and like Dorothy 

we can walk with a protection 

a rosey sparkle at our feet 

 

friendly flowers stand on that yellow brick road that we can sometimes struggle to walk on 

the wall can feel kinder safer easier 

red roses smiles shoes sing 

and we could be like that rosey flower 

yet one who’s able to take a walk 

instead of simply sitting every day in the same place 

only ever dreaming of walking and being elsewhere 

red shoes petals at our feet 

walking with a tenderness 

grounded so strongly that even the weary wind can’t take us away from our centre 

the talking trees can’t make us feel unlike ourselves 

and we can walk without feeling like a bird only wishing to touch the ground 

feeling of being away from our sense of who we are 

 

those red shoes keeping us carefully connected 

tender and with ourselves at all times