Little brown girl
with little brown feet
caked with mud
and tangled in reeds.
Little lovely lady
with callous on her soles
over thorns, and rocks
and hot concrete
only barefoot she would go.
And then one day,
I'm not sure why,
She gave a pair of shoes a try,
and since then there's been a change.
She wished barefoot goodbye.
Now she's shoes in summer.
Shoes in snow.
She's growing up,
shoes let you know.