I would like to own a pair of
shoes which have walked the world. They would have helped build homes in the
wake of a hurricane. Gone ziplining over jungle canopies. Climbed the length
and breadth of Hadrian's wall. Waited in line at the Egyptian Museum of
Antiquities. Trod carefully through the Empire of the Dead. Hurried over
the Bridge of Sighs. Paused at the base of a Baobab tree. Worked orchards for
only meal and bed in Thailand. Felt the thrum of the Taiga. Faltered on the
Road of Bones. Nearly vanished for thirty days of night. Frozen against
Antarctic winds. And, finally, broke on the front porch as I knocked three
times for home.
You own a pair of shoes that have hiked Coit tower and the towering Red Woods,dangled from a zip line in Costa Rica and that have traversed the Streets of London, circled Stonehenge and stopped, mid-stride and awestruck, in the Long Room of Trinity college.
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That is very true, I do. Maybe I should do a second draft ;)
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