Shoes

Wearing shoes too small
And jeans too big,
He wanders the school,
glum.

You see,
His shoes are symbols
Of crushed dreams
And lost freedoms,
Money not spent
On the college
I've heard him speak of
With so much passion.

His life-blood denied him,
His hopes shattered before him,
And all I can do
Is stand beside him,
Hold him,
Praying that he find His Way.