My Shoes

If you were to wear my shoes Would you do the things that I have done, Fight the battles that I must fight Or would you turn around and run. Would you walk the places where I have walked And take the steps that I have took As my road has been a hard walked road Or could you even bare to turn around and look. Would you confront all that came towards you And swear to me and GOD that you will never run or hide Can you stand for your beliefs as I do mine Or will you hide from them, and keep them deep inside. If your cheated on, would you confront the cheater If your lied upon would you stand up and fight Or would you accept what has been done to you And try to keep it in your soul, and far out of sight. My name is my word and my word is my honor And when I die that's all that I will take And I fight my battles by myself and all alone, And no one, will I ever use or will I forsake. If you tried on my shoes would they even fit I think that and I know to myself probably not My journey has been a long traveled road As what I searched for you had never sought. You look at my hands and you'll see my pride In this world of Man I have paid my dues And on your hands do you see anything at all But then you have never, walked in my shoes. Randy L. McClave