I PRAY YOU DON’T WALK IN MY SHOES ~ Izzy Paris

I am wearing a pair of shoes.

They are ugly shoes.

Uncomfortable shoes.

I hate my shoes.

Each day I wear them,

And each day, I wish

I had another pair.

Some days,

My shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step.

Yet, I continue to wear them.

I get funny looks wearing these shoes.

They are looks of sympathy.

I can tell in others eyes that they are

I’m glad they are my shoes and not theirs.

They never talk about my shoes.

To learn how awful my shoes are

might make them uncomfortable.

To truly understand these shoes, you must walk in them.

I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes.

There are many pairs in this world.

Some women are like me and ache daily

Of a woman who has lost a child.

But, once you put them on, you can never take them off.

As they try and walk in them.

Some have learned how to walk in a similar way,

And they don’t hurt quite as much.

Some have worn the shoes so long that days will pass before they think about how much they hurt.

No woman deserves to wear these shoes.

Yet, because of these shoes,

I am a more muscular woman.

These shoes have given me the strength to face anything.

They have made me who I am.

I will forever walk in the shoes

Izzy Paris