for a while<\/p>\n\n\n\n
now<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for the other<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shoe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shoes come in pairs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
after all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and it\u2019s best<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to keep one\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
expectations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rooted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in reality,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or even to pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n
begin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and go directly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to disappointment jail,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and its favourite<\/p>\n\n\n\n
chum, disillusionment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
watch<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
carefully,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for signs of your<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mask slipping,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or God forbid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my own<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hitting the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For you to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rush<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to freedom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to run away: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ni!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Truth be told<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this watching<\/p>\n\n\n\n
fills me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
with dread,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the heartsore<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from waiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on a broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n
heart to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
arrive can<\/p>\n\n\n\n
be <\/p>\n\n\n\n
quite devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pop into<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my bedroom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and you\u2019ve made the bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
just so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I realise that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
perhaps<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if we both manage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to keep a hold<\/p>\n\n\n\n
firmly, on one shoe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this pair may<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hit the <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to quite a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
different tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
~Lu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
for a while now for the other shoe to drop. See shoes come in pairs, after all, and it\u2019s best to keep one\u2019s expectations rooted, in reality, or even to pass begin and go directly to disappointment jail, and its favourite chum, disillusionment. And so I watch you carefully, for signs of your mask slipping, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[46,4,5,8],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciation","category-heartbreak","tag-fear","tag-hope","tag-possibility","tag-uncertainty"],"yoast_head":"\n