imperfect

they say there is no beauty

on the other side 

of the tracks

but i have seen her

in peeling paint

crumbling brick

and broken windows

i ponder 

that perhaps 

she shows herself most pure

through the cracked,

abandoned,

and poor

"I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect--they are so much more interesting."  Marc Jacobs

*These images were taken "by the tracks" in East Topeka.