A YOUTHFUL PURCHASE

Sometimes the little girl inside comes calling

And surprises me once more.

It happened just the other day

While at the Goodwill store.

These slipper boots called out to me -

The weather had been chilly;

I almost looked behind my back,

Sure folks would think me silly.

But like those boots? Indeed I did,

Enough to make me think

It worth almost any price to pay -

Would they send me to a shrink?

But I decided there and then

Those slippers may be youthful,

But deep inside one knows just when

To face self, and be truthful.

What about those slippers said,

“These are only for the youth”?

Absolutely nothing. In my mind was the real truth!

I’d been thinking the wrong way,

I’d do better to think truthful!

I bought the slippers, brought them home,

And now I float just . . . youthful!

© M.Sue