Walk a Mile

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Which pair would you choose

What streets would you cruise?

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Would you feel the fatigue of years of city walking

Or have the stamina to take a pair of sneakers jogging?

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Would you slide into designer heels

And saunter past velvet ropes to posh events and Michelin three star meals?

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Would you cross the streets with purpose and speed,

Shunning the sluggard, begging out of hunger and need?

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Would you stumble on uneven ground

And gather yourself after you went down?

If you walked a mile in my shoes,

Would you pause to pick up that shiny, new penny

And wish for the same thing that eludes so many?

Because if you walked a mile in my shoes,

You’d know the dream does not come easy

In this brutally competitive, cutthroat city.

~kfu