Brown eyes, skater shoes

Skater shoes climbed in my window at night

And found a home next to my converses

Skater shoes watched me learn to dance,

Tried teaching me to run instead.

Skater shoes rested at night

Cozy, next to my bed

And bare feet touched mine while the moon rose and fell

But soon those shoes wore thin;

Too much dancing.

Too much running.

Brown eyes, skater shoes; we fell in love too young

My converse learned the meaning of solitude.

Then all too easily, all too comfortably

Skater shoes were at my window again

Tracking their mud into my bed

Finding their old home next to my converses.

Bare feet danced together,

Bare feet warmed each other until the early morning.

Skater shoes stayed,

They laughed and loved.

Skater shoes were home next to my converse

Brown eyes, skater shoes; we fell in love too fast

For soon those soles wore thin

And sock feet touched the blacktop as they ran

Skater shoes danced in the night

Skater shoes danced often

Danced without my converses

Danced alone.

Brown eyes, skater shoes; we fell in love too far away

Alone, my converses quit dancing,

While skater shoes were grinded to a halt.

Desperation, necessity, and longing returned skater shoes to me.

My converses apologize.

Skater shoes promise to do better.

Brown eyes, skater shoes; we fell in love too young, too fast, too far away

Brown eyes, skater shoes; we can learn to dance again.