What does this "little feet" poem mean?

please help...what does this poem mean?


OR WEBSITES which has certain posts/comments in this...


help..


thanks a lot...





by the way...





this is written by GABRIELA MISTRAL....


Little Feet





Little feet of children


blue with cold,


how can they see you and not cover you


dear God!.





Little wounded feet


cut by every stone,


hurt by snow


and mire.





Man, blind, does not know


that where you pass,


you leave a flower


of living light.





And where you set


your little bleeding foot,


the spikenard blooms


more fragrant.





Walking straight paths,


be heroic, little feet,


as you are


perfect.





Little feet of children,


two tiny suffering jewels,


how can people pass


and not see you!

What does this "little feet" poem mean?
This poem tells a story of a poor orphan girl who had nothing in life. As she struggles with her life, she never gave up helping other people inspite of the kind of life she had. Her love was pure and unconditional. Love is seen here as the Love that goes beyond one's expectation. A love that extends beyond oneself, one's capacity and one's ability.
Reply:I'm not going to explain it literally....trying...








.......these little things bring something special to man.....





...the whole poem is the unseen beauty within something unbelievably vital....
Reply:I guess this poem is set in a cold country where there is white winter ( snowfall ), Its about a child who is so poor he cannot buy a pair of shoes for himself. In the last para its been indicated that it's only one child %26amp; not children as in the rest of the poem ( two tiny suffering jewels are his feet ).





The child roams everywhere ( maybe insearch of food ) but wounds his feet walking on snow %26amp; swamps as they are bare. The cold numbs them %26amp; turns them blue.





She speaks about Man's apathy in general, maybe passers-by, who don't help him even after seeing his wounded bare feet. She feels someone should extend help %26amp; maybe donate shoes to cover those wonded feet.





She attempts to sympathise with the child, and encourages him to be heroic ( not lose hope ) in the last but one stanza.