Social Dilemmas

I sat down on the bed beside you observing you try tie the laces of you shoes. Silently, nervously, uncertainly you tied and untied your dirty old shoes.
Mine are white and new; my guilty hearted proud shoes. You tie up short ends knowing you can’t change things. Your eyes to the ground and mine following yours. I want to run away barefoot with you.

Notes:

Dramatic moment. I decided to write it down as soon as I got a chance. I realized that this was immense in my life, a theme.
A boy and I were having a #presence filled relationship, enjoying our mutual companionship.
When the time to depart arrived, we put our shoes on and everything changed. A drift away and apart. We lived in time-out, and now we have no choice but to return to reality. Although neither of us said a word, our shoes were having at it. Our relationship threatened.
I have not seen him, nor his shoes again.

Society breaks individuals into a million pieces.