The Pink shoes

The Small pink shoes, with a ribbon,

Were smiling at me

Peeping through the glass of the shop, so relaxly,

So proudly

Took me around the nets of my sister (in law)

And inquired’

“How are you these days?”

And tried to read, not just her face,

Her whole sole

Have I succeeded?

No matter

I read, continuously, her thoughts

And tried, to see through her, through the threads and wools

Chosen and knitted

“What is she weaving, whole heartedly ?

What is the colour of the chosen thread?

Is that her choice, pure?

Is it inevitable?

No! That is her samsaric wish

I read her, (not) enough

No! could not estimate anything accurately
oh!

And yes, the materials, soft or silky?

I got no answer

The Pink Shoes took me around the nests of neighbours

Unethical, I know

Yet I continued went around, peeped through the windows,

Listned through walls  

Unethical, I know

 “What is she sewing”?

“What colour she has chosen”?

They must have asked

I thought,

For a moment,

Sitting at the edge of a house (neighbour’s),

Unethical I know

Yet ………………….

Tried snapping

I tried mapped, their curiosities, their weights of mind?

Anxious Neighbours', I thought

My imaginaries floated, eneldlessly here and there,

around her nest of love

The Pink shoes took me around the mind of my brother

I scripted, the lines  

”shall we scan”

“No need to scan”

“Your features says who will come”

“I can’t wait”

“No let’s wait”

“What is your choice?”

“I want a child”

“Son or daughter no point knowing”

“Child is a child”

The pink shoes took me around the nest of sister’s sister (in law’s sister)

“Did you go to the clinic?”

“What does the kind mid – wife tells you?”

What did the good doctor tell you?

“Is the weight enough”?

“What did you eat?

“Shall I bring you something to eat?”

The pink shoes took me around her (my sister’s in law) world

“Did you get the Rubella?”

I adviced her like a mother of a hundred

Did you take your calcium supplement?

No! Do not go for supplements

Eat a right diet

Ah! Do not forget your iron and Zink

Fresh greens

And a glass of MILK  : - )

The pink shoes took me around book shops,

Shopping Malls world wide

‘What should i buy?’

A book, a fairy tale?

And a little booklet of Sibil wettasinghe

What should I buy?

A bag of toys?

The Pink shoes took me around the universe