Shoes

Inspired by the photo...

I was your favorite before
Even if you still have more
You always enjoy my company
No other good things you saw except me

They envied that I am your favorite
With me you felt like your day is complete
I teased them that I own your heart
You never liked them from the very start

But one day I saw you as a different one
I thought you won't walk away or shun
You don't go with me just like before
You have found another pair and then find more

I wish you will notice me in this corner
Between us there still no border
I wish like before I am still in your heart
And wear me as your favorite shoes like in the start...

Author's Note

The plea of a not-too-old shoes...

Pure fiction. Just a writing exercise.

Reviews

[Pax]

it made me think na somethings are not everlasting... i guess sometimes some changes brought us a little further to what was, but that doesn't mean you'll stop loving the past, you just have to find a way how to love then more in another way... :) this is really deep... in the sense of our human nature... bravo, pretty friend!

[Dhaye]

Thanks, bro.

[W R Stowe]

This is awesomely amusing LOL the Mrs.Marcos complex instead of the old lady that lives in a shoe you have so many shoes you don't know what to do its genuine amusing and I love the song

Bill

[Dhaye]

It's surprising that you know much about the Philippines, Bill. How long have you stayed here? lolread moreIt's surprising that you know much about the Philippines, Bill. How long have you stayed here? lol

Thank you so much for the nice review.

[W R Stowe]

I stayed from Sept 25 2013-march 25 2014 and again from Nov 6 2014-Jan 25 2015 The Marcos attention was widely publicized in the USA and don't forget from Dec 23 2012 up to our actual meet I was in constant contact with Jocelyn my wife

[Eddie Davis]

That was humorous, and it reminds me of how my wife looks at inanimate things -- she is always afraid she might 'offend' something like by showing too much attention to something else. She feels guilty throwing away old clothes, as if she was betraying them. it's an odd way of looking at non-living things, but I have found it is more common than people care to admit. Well done, Dhaye.

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much for the kind words and the little story about your wife, Eddie.

[Lydia Shutter]

How absolutely adorable this is. Love the personification of the shoes! I have some oldies in the back of the closet that must be crying! :) Lydi**

[Dhaye]

Thank you, Lydi.

[NoelHC]

Cute, and so true. I have a pair of running shoes so worn out and old looking, but when I am looking for something to put on to do a small errand, I always choose them. I like the metaphor you have used here.

[Dhaye]

Hi, Noel! Thank you for dropping by.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

some collect lovers like shoes, and always get them with the size just loose enough that they can slip out of them easily enough, in order to move on to another pair...

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much, sir J.

[ANTO]

Aw - i never felt that I would ever get emotional over a pair of shoes - I have had my own favourite trainers I must admit though which I hated to see go. This si classic Dhaye. The picture you've added is soo stylish too. Very artistic emsemble, the whole.
POV of shoes - whatever next?
I loved this Dhaye - left-field and very entertaining.
:))

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much, Anto.

[gabrielle]

Mmmm..I would usually buy shoes when my favorite is almost worn out. :) You are very good at personification, Dhaye. Like the shoes in your piece, it makes me wonder why some people would suddenly change their attitude towards us? Last line of last stanza, i think there's typo there :)

[Dhaye]

First of all, thanks for spending your time here and for checking out my typo, Ms. Gabrielle.
Second, I like your new avatar. lol
Third, you are right...there's an analogy between the shoes and the people around us. Maybe we are not aware that some of them have that feeling.
Fourth and last, I like personification because I'm not good at metaphor. lol

[gabrielle]

Why so formal, Ms. Dhaye? lol... That's my "semi-pouty-duck-lips". nagselfie at natuwa sa overly orange lips. lol..

[Dhaye]

lol. Magtaka ka if pareho na tayong Mister. Ahahaha!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

I was your favorite before
Even if you still have more
You always enjoy with my company
No other good things you saw except me

They envied that I am your favorite
With me you felt like your day is complete
I teased them that I own your heart
You never liked them from the very start

But one day I saw you as a different one
I thought you won't walk away or shun
You don't go with me just like before
You have found another pair and then find more

I wish you will notice me in this corner
Between us there still no border
I wish like before I am still in your heart
And wear my as your favorite shoes like in the start...

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I was your favorite before
Even if you still have more
You always enjoy my company
No other good things you saw except me

They envied that I am your favorite
With me you felt like your day is complete
I teased them that I own your heart
You never liked them from the very start

But one day I saw you as a different one
I thought you won't walk away or shun
You don't go with me just like before
You have found another pair and then find more

I wish you will notice me in this corner
Between us there still no border
I wish like before I am still in your heart
And wear me as your favorite shoes like in the start...

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Just a couple minors...in there...Imelda Marcos needs this verse...with her 22000 plus pairs of shoes...she came to mind...when I started reading the write...

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much, Glen. I thought I made an error in each line so I reread and compared the two poems you posted as part of this comment...then I found out, verse 1, line 3 and last verse, 4th line. lol
But anyway, thank you for spending your time to my poem. Thanks for checking out my errors...I edited them right away last night.
I will return the favor tomorrow. I think my drowsy medicine wants me to close my eyes for now. lol

[Glen Yumang Manese]

You're welcome...get some rest...