Babatunde Fagbayibo lives and writes in Pretoria, South Africa.
Shoemaker
By Babatunde Fagbayibo
Shoemaker,
please make me
an elegantly looking shoe,
one that draws awe tinged admiration
towards me, my steps.
My shoe size? I don’t think
that matters. Rather look at my head,
listen to the silence of
its restless motion:
They say only the head knows
our designated footpaths towards
salvation and damnation.
So of what use is an elegant shoe
that fails to listen to the ways &
means of one’s head?
A wonderfully surprising poem. Thanks!