Barefoot summer

Childhood

Barefoot summer

 

we took out thorns and stones from the soles of our feet

torn and black from running

on the ground, gravel, asphalt

all summer

we cleaned them every night before going to sleep

the time has come to put the soles into shoes

because you don't go to school barefoot

they buy us new shoes a size bigger

and you need to tuck in those soles

to curb them to fit somehow

and we're already walking in them tomorrow

slowly

we make painful steps of remembrance in summer