About
This poem is symbolic to show that the people in your life, the people you thought would be there forever, may just be an accessory for a while. You planned the rest of your life with that person, but your lives didn’t end up on that path. They hurt you along the way, but you pushed through it until you couldn’t take it anymore and did what was best for you.
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I went the whole night without shoes
its funny
I had planned my whole outfit around those shoes
they were black sandals
the kind with the straps that go up your calf
they gave me blisters every time I wore them
but I didn’t care, they complimented me
after a while though, my feet started to hurt
I pushed through it
I mean, I wore those pants to compliment the shoes
what was a little bit of pain?
nothing I hadn’t been through before
I pushed through it
I walked on the sides of my feet
I loosened the straps until they almost untied
I even stuck band-aids on the raw skin
I pushed through it
I pushed through it until blood started staining my feet
I couldn’t walk without being reminded of the missing skin
but then I realized
the shoes are just shoes
and the pants are just pants
yeah, they look good side by side
but it’s what happening on my feet that mattered
those black sandals were cute until they were covered in blood
so I took them off
I went through the whole day
just to take them off and realize
I could have done that so long ago
I could have rid myself of that burden
but I was too worried about the outfit
the big picture
so I took them off
and I went the whole night without shoes
