A Pair of Shoes
I tried to walk from my shadow
My feet faltered
and walked the other way
My shadow stopped
hesitated
shuffled his feet
One pair of black shoes stayed behind
He waited
tried to build up volume
but didn't succeed
Every time his feet approached the light
they appeared
inanimate
The shoes remained hollow
I watched
from a distance
I was going to lose
if I wasn't able to subdue the shadow
and this
strange fight for my shoes
Winter was coming
and it would be cold
He frantically moved along the wall
his long legs slid across the floor
The shoes remained stoically
without any feeling
on the floor
unused
I dived, struggled with the shadow
and won
captured him in the shoes
now filled with darkness
I could never use them again
I faced the cold with shoeless feet
didn't feel them anymore
they might fall off
or become relics
***
July 9, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Copyright © Darren White | Year Posted 2017
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