dad

[Leah S.]

I think I understood that "dad" is now deceased and those are his shoes, but I had to work for it, and it thinned the poignancy for me. I think you could work it into the body of the poem somehow, and it would really pack a punch. I like the layers of meaning in the image of putting on shoes too big for you, as in "fill his shoes" and "step into his shoes" to mean take on his role. Best, Leah