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Open Poetry #45

In My Shoes

martiniat8
Senior Member

since 2003-06-21

Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

0 posted 2009-11-02 03:29 PM

"In my Shoes"

I remember the days
of the drug haze
cocaine craze

and there was God
sitting by my side
through all the hopes
joys and despairs

Keeping me safe
Keeping my health
and heart
under wraps

walking in bars
sitting
drinking
frequent visits

to the bathroom

I would always come across
a friendly face

a conversation
turned ministry
for someone
in someplace

helping them see the light
in their troubles

some said
and some thanked
saying to me,
"You've changed my life!"

the stories, these strangers would tell
unexpected, a high, drunk, father confessor
was I

and lo
when low

I would hear
a voice
a message of grace
the voice of an angel
coming from a meth addict's face

but the drama became too much

then
back when
the cops tried to put me away
the doctors released me

I was set free
miraculously

friends were lying in the hospital
in a coma
O.D.'d

dropped off after home-made
shower resuscitations
failed

discarded at the emergency room door
just a heaped body
abandoned
cold on the floor

I tried to help
but they/he found their way back there
again and again

friends came
and friends went
near the end
I helped some,

showing them a way out

and in all those days
now long gone, you see
God was right there
using me for ministry

every step of the way

now I see him
in my hand stitched
Italian made
leather shoes

just as true back then
as it is today

I like how my shoes look
but more so...

I like the way they make me walk
in my path now...

and in the paths I took.

Can't you see in my shoes
that God is my friend, too

(inspired by Bob Schneider's song: "God is my friend")

[This message has been edited by martiniat8 (11-03-2009 12:05 AM).]

SlowlyFallAway
Member

since 2008-08-29

Posts 279
North Carolina

1 posted 2009-11-02 03:44 PM

Amazing. Never heard the song, but I'm sure it was well portrayed in this poem.

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