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Tied Shoes

August 18, 2010
By emmygirl2703 GOLD, Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Sitting on the park bench i look down at my shoe laces The worn tennis shoes look tired from all the walking I've done. The knots in the laces have been there since I bought the pair of shoes a couple years ago. the knot reminds me of wanting to do things on my own, i know there is a good reason for it too. The laces want to be untied but cant be untied. Its keeps the foot safe inside the shoe so it cant fall out.

© Shannon E., Glendale, AZ

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first thing I've written on here..its not very good but there's always a place to start
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emmygirl2703 GOLD said...
on Oct. 3 2010 at 8:14 pm
emmygirl2703 GOLD, Shaker Heights, Ohio
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thank you very much. It was first thing I wrote on here. I knew this piece has more to offer. I should have written more. Maybe ill finish this piece and repost it. 
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 3 2010 at 7:44 pm
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Oh no, this is a great entrance into the intricate and very enjoyable world of public poetry! I never knew shoes to be so symbolic. I'm glad that you made them so. Well done!