MY WHITE SHOES OF HONOR

I blamed her for the dirt on my white shoes

My sparkling Shoes of Honor

I loved my shoes

They were my very best

They meant a lot to me

I cherished my white shoes

Comfort for my feet

A boat sailing on land

My white shoes treaded a lot of smooth roads

I faced a lot challenges with these shoes

So white

So pure

And then she caused me to dirty my shoes

I followed her lead

Oh my white shoes!

My Shoes of Honor and grace

I followed wrong

I did wrong

I flawed my innocence

I made a mistake

A mistake that left a stain

An unerasable stain

And now my white shoes are stained

I wept so hard

The tears dropped on my white shoes

But still my white shoes still had the stain

As I sobbed quietly

It hit me hard

I caused it all

She wasn’t at fault

I stepped into the mud

I soiled my own footwear

I caused the mistake

I am responsible for my own actions

I had an option

I could have said “No!”

I could have fled

Fleeing with my white shoes

Fleeing far from the pretty claws

I could have saved my Shoes of Honor

My shoes

My white shoes would have be unstained

Pure and white

Unblemished by a decision so wrong

By Sylvia Chika

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