Forgotten Shoes

Our shoes are on the patio
a little worse for wear
placed on the stump for safety
and nearly forgotten there

The water is so tempting
so early in the year
we just had to take the plung
with gins from ear to ear

After our swim, we ran around
a wet and soggy pair
the sun and grass dried us some
summer in the air

When it was time to go on home
we ran ahead and back
never thought of our shoes again
safe and off the track