Why Do We Need Laces?
Why do we need laces?
To tie up our shoes
Why make is so difficult?
To tie that annoying thread through
Mum makes me wear lace ups
I don’t know why she tries
For tying is the thing I hate
And have come to despise
I see my friends with sandals
Or thongs to walk around
Why mum makes me wear sneakers
Is really quite profound
I try to tie the laces
But end up in a fit
For I tie the wrong ones together
And that just makes me trip
And so I keep on trying
To make those laces stay
In a pretty bow upon my shoes
So I can run and play
And when I thought I lost all hope
My mother sat me down
She handed me a present
In a box big and brown
I opened and there they were
Pink and glowing bright
A new pair of sneakers
And oh to my delight
No laces could be found
But velcro to strip them tight
No more fighting with my laces
To do my shoes up right
So now I love my shoes
I wear them everyday
And though one day I might get lace ups
Right now its velcro all the way!
Nadine Hof 23 February 2007
Copyright © Nadine Hof | Year Posted 2007
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