Walking Barefoot

Your foot is like one who wants to walk forward,

but the left is stuck in the mud.

You must remove the shoes and learn to walk barefoot.

Along the way are many sharp edges and it is dire to avoid them,

most cannot be avoided.

Try as you must, your feet become cut,

healing with time and patience.

Another step is taken and another cut is given.

Shoes are a privilege to the privileged.

Without them, the privilege would subside.

Lessons are always learned the hard way.

We repeat a lesson and say, “Have I not yet learned?”

But have you not learned more?

To walk barefoot over coals without running,

is like to walk cautiously with proper shoes.

Thank you for reading my work! I'm Nicole Magdala, an Antiochian Greek Orthodox Christian writer, poet, and photographer from Toronto Canada. If you're interested in my work you can follow me right here on Vocal Media! My best wishes to you all and may we keep striving towards peace in this world.