Many nights I’ve wondered since the attack, why us?
A shoe is responsible for what we now lack, why us?
How could a shoe destroy our entire family, why us?
We feel like we’re lost at turbulent sea, why us?
We don’t even know the color of the shoe, why us?
There must be a reason for what shoes do, why us?
We were shocked to learn that we are the shoe, we are the star, why us?
Unlocked from stagnation, freed from bell jar, why us?
Faithful Fractals: Poetic Prayers 