Array ( [sid] => 186642 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Old Shoes [time] => 2019-11-09 12:14:50 [hometext] => Written from the perspective of a shoe [bodytext] => Under a shadow
and the rooster’s crow,
we used to tread
and carry, to thread
our path through morning dew
(we shoes too were once bright and new
in that whispering light).

The things you had right,
I’ve always had left –
and so we crept,
swaying and kicking like twins,
until we wore our soles thin
with all our familiar opposites.

Hope you still remember it -
that time before we were old
and thrown away into the cold.
You know, I still do.
And I still hope to find you
with wears and tears that wrinkle into smiles.

And amongst memories of the miles
that once weighed upon us as much as our human -
I really wish to carry someone with you again.

Imagine walking, just walking, together and all,
one shoe after the other. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 145 [topic] => 14 [informant] => m-u [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DreamsandWishes ) Your Poetry Dot Com - Old Shoes


Old Shoes
Date: Saturday, 9th November 2019 @ 12:14:50 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: m-u
Under a shadow
and the rooster’s crow,
we used to tread
and carry, to thread
our path through morning dew
(we shoes too were once bright and new
in that whispering light).

The things you had right,
I’ve always had left –
and so we crept,
swaying and kicking like twins,
until we wore our soles thin
with all our familiar opposites.

Hope you still remember it -
that time before we were old
and thrown away into the cold.
You know, I still do.
And I still hope to find you
with wears and tears that wrinkle into smiles.

And amongst memories of the miles
that once weighed upon us as much as our human -
I really wish to carry someone with you again.

Imagine walking, just walking, together and all,
one shoe after the other.

This poem is Copyright © m-u


Important note: ALL POETRY ON THIS SITE IS COPYRIGHT.
If you wish to use any poem for any purpose, please either EMAIL Mick from
the sites feedback form, or go to the AUTHOR'S site and EMAIL the author for permission.
If you Email Mick for permission on any poem that is not his personal works,
he will endeavor to contact the author on your behalf.

This poem comes from Your Poetry Dot Com
https://www.your-poetry.com/

The URL for this poem is:
https://www.your-poetry.com/route.php?page=poetry/PoemDetail&story_id=186642