Barefoot in the Spring

All winter long I've kept my feet

Laced up in shoes all tight and neat

But now that spring has come at last

I'm going back to nature fast!

I took off my shoes yesterday

And wandered barefoot on my way;

Across the green fields and meadowland,

Down by the river in the sand.

Wee tiny puffs of dust arose

Between my happy wriggling toes

As over the fresh plowed earth I raced

And left my footprints clearly traced.

From now on, when I get the chance,

I'll throw away my shoes and dance ~

For nothing else can make me sing

Like going barefoot in the Spring.

By a Carmelite Nun

Published with the kind permission of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Rochester, NY

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