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