poetry and prose

Shoelaces

    laces
shoe    s.d.

there you are sitting
on a swing with a bunch of your friends,

you're laughing, swinging
back and forth, enjoying your life to it's fullest.

then someone from your side
reaches out and tries to tug at your shoelaces.

you notice, but don't do
anything. you're there, swinging back and forth,

as they try to untie your
shoelaces and mess it up and then laugh about it.

you kick up again
when they try to do it again and again, giggling,

it's like life. getting
messed up so easily. so fragile and delicate.

you can tie them
twice thrice, make it safer and harder to untie,

but they won't look nice.
when you tie them once,they look nice,

but they're easier to
mess up. and untie, and completely fuck up.

there are people in life
when they see your shoelaces all pretty, they try to untie them

literally and figuratively.
mess it up, and make you trip, messing it up even more.

don't let them make you trip.
they might not even be aware of doing it.

beware of those people.
you don't want them in your life no matter what.

get off your swing,
and walk away. fuck those people. find something better.

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i seriously one day was tying my shoelaces and that came into my mind because at the same time i was pissed at someone. and they legit love to untie my shoelaces literally, and possibly aren't aware of it figuratively.