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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Just Shoes


Ballerina slippers and military boots,
discarded baby booties
from early days,
steel toes, mules and high heels
some destined for salvage stores
and others worn by millions
who died in the agony of wars,
displayed in museums
so we don’t forget history
or those who died.

Shoes, once full of life,
left in a heap, by unsuspecting humans
with little or no thought for tomorrow.
Unsuspecting people,
who think
their journey
will never end.

Mud from the picnic in the country;
cotton candy and gum from the amusement park,
making for sticky bottoms.
Running shoes, cleats, driving shoes, golf shoes
and those for the garden;
favorite sneakers
 that her toes curled in when she got her first kiss
from that summer boy,
under a gigantic yellow moon.

Shoes,
 take on our print,
tell our story and leave shapes
on our soles
and souls.
Some neatly polished,
others, ragged and worn,
summer sandals and winter lined boots.

Shoes,
a part of us, daily
seeing all those things that no one else
is supposed to know,
keeping our secrets and our treasures
until one day,
we simply leave them in a heap
to transition in our shadows.
and perhaps to
new feet.
                                                 
                                                   Joyce Burns
© Joyce (Tidwell) Burns, ChynaMoon Creations 1997-2011  

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