An Inspiring Pile of Shoes

I attended a large gathering and took some time to observe the great assortment of shoes stacked on the racks I saw new shoes, pricey shoes, and shoes not worth a dime and shoes that seemed to have crossed many paths and tracks. I saw dainty sandals and flighty high heeled ones too I saw sporty sneakers and rough and tough trainers I saw both the laced and the leathery buckled shoe Then I saw the humble yet hardy pair of slippers. I saw pointy shoes, furry shoes and flatties as well I saw flowery ones and those studded with trinket gems Some stacked neatly in pairs, others thrown about pell mell Some recently repaired, some coming off at the hems. I saw long boots, rubber boots and there were glittery Indian styled stilettoes I spotted fragile glass sandals and metallic brass sandals and soft comfy ones for comfort of feet 'n' toes. And while I was thus lost and engrossed in watching the great assortment of footwear The old caretaker, to me, a cheap pair tossed saying, ' here's an extra pair if you've lost your shoes. She was too busy and distracted to be in my shoes of muse So I'd to slip out thinking of some quick excuse She didn't even notice I wasn't actually barefoot So I had to take them elsewhere, both my muse and my boot! Ah, and long ago when once we could afford only a 'shoestring' budget I once hadn't enough bucks to replace a worn out pair of shoes I was sad for not having even a good goody two shoes Then God showed me a wayfarer's shoeless pair of barefeet and then one hapless one with no feet at all! So I could imagine life being in their missing shoes. (Footnote* Wonderin where I saw so many shoes off peoples feet? Well, in our religious gatherings say for prayers in the mosque hall or even the religious lecture hall, we've to enter barefooted and sit down crosslegged. So that's where you come across all kinds of shoes on racks provided in the cubicle. Actually in the Disney movie, 'THE PRINCE OF EGYPT', i marked that even Moses took off his shoes before talking to God.)