A child was born, so cute and cheerful.
So old-fashioned life must follow these examples.

The shoes fit just so tight.
When you get too big you must fit
into others or go barefoot.
You can get bruised, have a fungus take hold.
You learn to live without those shoes
and your feet become callused,
and you will always wonder
whether you were to wear shoes or go barefoot,
and what the other may have been like.
But you don’t want to start anew
and suffer through the pain.

If like me, you don’t want either but haven’t learned
to walk on water or fly yet.
You are stuck in a glass tunnel
where on one side they wear shoes
and on the other side they are barefoot.
When will the tunnel open up
or when will I shatter the glass on one side?
What next?