"Miles To Go Before I Sleep..." *

"Miles To Go Before I Sleep..."  *

Within our homes,

within our hearts - lives...

we keep a place for footwear.

Shoes - pride-full, leathers soft and glow-warm

  life-aged, time - worn
  buffed to glisten
  chafed with the touch of existence

  soles marred as our souls are borne.

Sandals - to fit the work or talk

  cushions to bear the effort of our walk
  gnarled by stones, pavement, burdens, tomes.

Slippers - for being home

  special softnesses for the moments when
  we pause in our living, our being whom we must.

and then the boots - for some they are work boots
for some - Combat Boots

for some they are all the same words

Combat - work - helping - living - dying ...being.

Walking in our shoes

we are fishers-of-men
and children of the lesser God
whose words we wish we kept

...within.

Chris

 

*  The title of this is the last line from Robert Frost's "Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening" .

 

 

Reviews

[Knight in Armor]

Chris, I almost hate trying to review your work. Any piece at random of yours is almost guaranteed to make me think about its point for far too long to manage a review that isn't nonsensical, and I don't think I've ever seen a hint of an error or area I could where I could help you improve. Quite simply, your writing is too clever for me to feel anything but foolish when I try to review it. That being said, this piece, as usual, makes creative use of fonts and layout to draw attention to key phrases, which contributes to its metaphor.

[Chris]

I ...appreciate your pausing and your thinking over and about what you see, and hear. I appreciate the depth of your effort trying to help me to better express what I feel. And lastly I hope that in a small way my efforts help you improve your own efforts of expression. The level of detail and interweaving may help you to be more aware of your own capabilities and brighten your work.

Pause with mine as often as you like and I do hope you return.

[Kenneth S.]

An excellent meditation of what living life is like. It's a hike, and many times, you have to take one to enjoy it.

Beautiful prose.

[Chris]

You are sooooooooooo right... thanks man

[Enid Blake]

I love the symbolism.

[Chris]

Nice of you to pause... I hope to see you again

[Ruinuex]

What a lovely poem! I adore how it's been based off of my favorite R. Frost poem!

[Chris]

It was nice of you to pause...thanks.

[Sukriti Suki]

oh brilliant.

[Chris]

This was nice of you...hope you return.

[Sukriti Suki]

I am back, hopefully for good :)

[Patricia B. Hepler]

We have many facets to our being. I really enjoyed this reading. pat

[Chris]

Thank you for pausing... hope I see you again.

[Palewriter]

You've touched on the human heart and conditions of in sort of a roundabout way which is very creative, unique, and out of the ordinary. I've read your work before but through my own deficiencies didn't always catch on. You have a special voice and a unique one nevertheless. Great writing.

[Chris]

I appreciate your taking your time to think over what I wrote. I know I'm not always as clear as I can be because life is seldom as clear as we wish.

Thanks again for your pause and understanding.

[Palewriter]

No problem Chris.

[Priscilla Moore]

A gorgeous piece where life breathes in each word. Volumes spoken through your poetic mind that enriches the soul.

[sharonlee]

Bare feet for feeling... grass and earth and other bare feet...

Love this xox

[Chris]

Welcome back Shar!

[sharonlee]

A delight to be back dear Chris... and oh what an epic adventure I had! Reading "Miles To Go Before I Sleep..." was a true treat to read. xox

[OldInside]

a poem about shoes, and by a man, there's something new. interesting, very interesting.

[Chris]

Thank you I think... chuckling here

[OldInside]

you're welcome.