ballon girl

the balloons
dance above the crowd
in the air

she moves
and searches
through the noise
for the laughter of children
to paint her days
orange, red, blue, yellow, pink,
green and sometimes grey

for a living
she moves and searches
through the street
into the nights

a boy stops her
points to the yellow, the green, then the orange
and finally the blue

joy lights up
on their faces

the blue ballon
dances above the boy

and the balloons
dance above the crowd
in the air
into the nights
amidst the demands of the day

this shot was taken in Đà Lạt, Vietnam in May 2007