Old and Worn#2

Twenty-two people wear 44 shoes.

Some are worn down at the heel

And some at a toe.  We can excuse

The aged spots. They’re the annealed

Crosses and scourges they had to bear.

That’s the same cause for the cracks where

They bent so many times to run, to walk,

To follow, to lead. And when the people talk

The words come effortlessly. There’s comfort

In knowing about and sharing others’efforts.

We were there and did the same as you

When you had children and when they grew,

Getting sick, puking on the couch, peeing

In bed, going to school to fill their heads

Not with knowledge but with attitudes, seeing

People and events the same way. Move ahead.