Tired Old Boots

I saw my boots the other day

Old tired boots of yesteryear

So many places they have been

And happy memories that I hold dear.


Near the Cascades where I lived

Where winter's snows fall deep

Some boots is what I really need

With that thought, tonite I'll sleep.


Off to town I drove next day

BOOTS and THINGS were on my mind

To a special store I went

First my boots I had to find.


On display, were these red boots

Must be my lucky day, I thought

Just the right ones I had found

The dark red ones I had bought.

Vina Carathers

June 9, 2004

All winter, these boots I'd wear

To town and everywhere

On my winter trips to Texas

And into Spring so fair.


I did chores and worked in them

Many years later, they looked so bad

Covered with scratches and scuffs galore

Old tired boots good times we've had.


Having been worn for many years

Alone on the closet shelf they sit

A pair of tired old boots well worn

Happy memories are many.  That I'll admit.