more and less alive

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Gen | for villsie | 101 words | 2024-03-21 | Personal Poetry

Loneliness, Fulfillment, Purposefulness

neither here nor there but a secret third thing

within my closet, almost two decades of shoes
a pair of boots for every year i have been alive.

sparing no variety, i take the red leather which have most recently enchanted my interest.

i could have been just as happy had the soles not covered the floor.

and was i more alive, when i purchased them?
when i delighted in the possibility of variety, for me?

would i be any less alive, had i just the one sole to wear?

had i just the single burden to bear?

get a hobby. not buying shoes.

nothing takes enough time, enough energy.