"Three Pairs of Shoes" by Vincent Van Gogh, 1886

If Words Wore Shoes

        for Sylvia Vardell, in Bali

If words wore shoes

What kind would yours use?

Would they lace up,

Slip on, or buckle?

Would they walk tall

In boots and high-heels?

Would they slipper,

Or sneaker, or tap?

Or would they

Barefoot dance on the run

Playing tag

With the earth and sun?

©Charles Ghigna