Walk in My Shoes

Dantees Martinez

To walk in my shoes means to know why I am always late to school, To know what happens on the way to school every day.

There’s lots of reasons to explain, such as my phone dying while I’m sleeping, My siblings take too long to get ready for school. My brother acts up during the mornings.

I have to wait for my mother to get home in order for me to leave.

Other times it’s traffic, slow buses, buses that never come, Eventually having to walk to school. I feel regret, coming late to school. I’m not learning everything I can to increase my brain capacity or my grades.

I always try to rush to school to make it not as late as I would’ve been.

But all you see is me walking in late.