My Santiago

Who needs feet when I’ve got wings to fly?

(Frida Khalo)

(Mexico City 2017)

Entering the manicured grounds,

You are immersed in a world of peacocks

and endangered hairless dogs;

“Isla de las Munecas”!

This was Dolores’ place of rest

and reflection,

Where she preserved

Diego and Frida,

One, her sometime lover

And the other,

Frida, his other more troubled love and muse -

On canvas.

His works,

Dazzling in their range,

Dexterity, genres.

Her portrait,

The only nude of her,

painted by Diego.

Frieda’s range,

From sepia childhood prints,

To her hospital anguish

And her dazzling coloured portraits.