If My Shoes Could Talk Poem by Maverick Jones

If my shoes could talk they would tell the world how many lonely miles I have walked.
If my shoes could talk they would tell how fast I ran away from the bullies at the playground when I was small.
If my shoes could talk they could tell everyone about the coldness I received from the road.

How many sleepiness nights I spent walking to clear my head. How many miles I walked to try to escape the verge of insanity. How the bullied became the bully in order to survive. How many times I had to fight back fro myself when no one else could. How I became a mouthy ruthless teenager with no remorse toward people. How I would get kicked out of class or sent to the principles office. How many times I've been shoved into the lockers or how I used my words to fight back.

If my shoes could talk they would tell the world that my mind is split and that I battle to keep control. That I'm living a nightmare with all bad thoughts, that my head isn't on straight or that if I give in I'll never come back. If my shoes could talk they would say just walk away.

April.20,2014