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huddersfield
Junior Member

since 2003-12-29

Posts 25
huddersfield, England

0 posted 2004-05-15 05:22 AM

Little Size 9’s

As I sit down on my chair,
Gazing down to the floor,
And see before my wondering eyes,
Two pair of shoes,
But only one of them is mine.

Of course mine are the larger ones,
Looking exhausted, sullen and down,
And if that tongue could talk,
I just wonder what it would say……?

Two steps to the side and one step back,
Are the little size 9’s,
Looking all battered and bruised,
But flowing with the energy, power and vigour,
Of the innocent child asleep in his bed,
Dreaming dreams that only he will know.

But in my dreams,
I follow them little size 9’s,
As they grow and age,
I watch them as the red fades to pink,
And the pink becomes white,
As time passes me by.

In my dreams,
It’s me who has chosen
The path of which they’ll lead.
Decided the ending
Before he’s even had time to begin.
But that’s not the way it will be.
It’s not for him to live by my dreams,
But for him to live by his.

So now as I look down,
To the rug that adorns my floor.
There’s one pair of red,
And one pair of white.
Nothing in this world is as important to me,
As to where those little size 9’s,
Will take my little sized man.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-05-15 05:52 AM

But that’s not the way it will be.
It’s not for him to live by my dreams,
But for him to live by his.

~*~

Amen.
Only smart parents
realize that.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2004-05-15 09:32 AM

a lovely write...

M

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

3 posted 2004-05-15 09:40 AM

I have my son's little shoes packed away in my cedar chest. One pair red velvet with white fluff, one pair brown work shoes so tiny a pait of tiny tennis shoes. Now my little boy is a size 11. I show him what he wore as a baby and he just shakes his head.
Good one
Bon-Bon

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-05-15 09:59 AM

Ahhh very nicely said...love this one.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
Dancing with you in the summer rain~

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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5 posted 2004-05-15 02:09 PM

precious

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