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t be somewhere — So I wait, sitting on my hands pins and needles digging into my flesh There is no comfort here, just panic

And then…plop! the other red stiletto pierces my heart</p><p id="889a">©2012–2020 Lori Carlson. All Rights Reserved.</p><p id="618e"><b><i>More of my endeavors:</i></b></p><div id="bbc6" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-harbored-of-love-569b4b1d1cd9"> <div> <div> <h2>The Harbored of Love</h2> <div><h3>Poetry</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*lDJQILwpiXabshJE)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="871f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-am-darkness-20baf21b9cbd"> <div> <div> <h2>I Am Darkness</h2> <div><h3>poetry</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:

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fit:320/0*uUaBM9n61rdvtory)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7bc9"><a href="https://medium.com/@ravynehawke"><b><i>Lori Carlson</i></b></a> writes poetry, fiction, articles and personal essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, and the LGBTQ+ community. She currently writes for <a href="http://lori%20carlson%20writes%20poetry%2C%20fiction%2C%20articles%20and%20personal%20essays.%20she%20currently%20writes%20for/"><i>Loose Words</i></a><i>,<a href="https://medium.com/the-pom"></a></i><a href="https://medium.com/the-pom">💜POM💜<i></i></a><i> , <a href="https://medium.com/illumination">Illumination</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/the-friday-fix">The Friday Fix</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/house-of-haiku">House of Haiku</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself">Know Thyself, Heal Thyself</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/the-purple-pen">The Purple Pen</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/blueinsight">Blue Insights</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/afwp">a Few Words</a>, and <a href="https://medium.com/tempest-in-under-1000">Tempest in Under 1000</a></i></p></article></body>

The Other Shoe Falls

Free Verse Poem — Anxiety and Expectations

Photo by Gábor Szűts on Unsplash

And then just like that, we are monsters ready to devour one another’s souls I’ve warned myself before don’t get too comfortable — stay vigilant I should know by now that good things don’t last for bad people like me And I must be horribly bad — I’ve been picking up shoes my entire life This time it is merely a loafer a medium-sized nondescript piece of leather It is the steel-toed boots that worry me Those larger-than-life, metal-bearing kick-you-in-the-ass boots — they crush hearts Mine’s got more dents than any one heart should bear I’ve become the master of shoe sightings I see one, sitting comfortably its mate nowhere to be found And then the search begins — Why must I look? I cannot seem to leave it be The other shoe simply must be somewhere — So I wait, sitting on my hands pins and needles digging into my flesh There is no comfort here, just panic And then…plop! the other red stiletto pierces my heart

©2012–2020 Lori Carlson. All Rights Reserved.

More of my endeavors:

Lori Carlson writes poetry, fiction, articles and personal essays. Most of her topics are centered around Relationships, Spirituality, Life Lessons, Mental Health, and the LGBTQ+ community. She currently writes for Loose Words,💜POM💜 , Illumination, The Friday Fix, House of Haiku, Know Thyself, Heal Thyself, The Purple Pen, Blue Insights, a Few Words, and Tempest in Under 1000

Poetry
Free Verse
Life Lessons
Writing
Anxiety
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