A Mile In My Shoes:

These shoes upon my feet
Were handcrafted just for me,
For the journey that I've taken
Was only paved for me to see.

For they only fit my story
So nobody else can walk in them,
Yet all they've put me through
Has made me into who I am.

They've climbed a many mountains
Weathered a many storms,
So they've been through a lot
That's why they're scruffy and torn.

So to you they may look tattered
A little rough around the edges,
But to me they're a blessing
That delivered me from the fringes.

Though their soles are wearing thin
From my continual misuse,
They both taught me life lessons
From those wayward ways I did choose.

Yet when I find myself misplaced
My every footstep lost or weak,
These shoes upon my weary feet
Have kept me humble and meek.

For my consequences embrace me
They mold and shape my faint heart,
And every step that I've taken
Has defined or set me apart.

So don't judge me on my efforts
Things I've done or yet to do,
Unless you've walked a beaten mile
In these here pair of shoes.