4/6/2022
Anyone else ever think about how weird shoes are?
Human feet were not meant to walk on pavement
Sharp glass
Burning hot top
Freezing slush
Yet we put on a pair of shoes and walk on
We don't think about it
We don't second guess the role of shoes in our lives
They are simply there
Darkened humble paws of any creature serve the same purpose
Traverse snow
Chase across sharp rocks
Burn against black tar
Yet we don't think about it
We are thoughtless
Our eyes locked on our assigned purpose
Head locked by trivial things
Forgetting we once had no need for anything but our own bodies, and the living things around us
Mother teaches me
Humanity tells me
Accept things as they are
Put on shoes
Wear threads once and never again because the novelty wore off just before the seams did
Out of sight out of mind, just throw it away
If you are no use to me, I will decline to think of you
Piles of forgotten
Unwanted thoughts
Eyes locked on a different want
But the piles do not disappear just because they are forgotten
Darkened humble paws cut by broken things
Tangled in man-made webs
Consume the toxins of fleeting desires
Paws were not made to survive these things
Neither were we
But we don't think about it
We don't question it
We simply walk on
Thoughtless