Between Two Soles
for Helen Klonaris

i.
something or other to lift the spirit up
to lift the spirit high

determined not to be downcast
or downhearted

ii.
Clarks, old now
stitching snapping
loosening in places

let in dirt, let in water
fail to do what shoes should do
shopping for new shoes

the many pairs of shoes
I've had in my life time
the many I've worn out

which pair will I be wearing, I wonder,
in the process of wearing out,
when I expire


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
8:32 p.m. 13.10.09