how velcro saved the day

oh i can’t seem to find my place
said the lace to the shoe
the shoe boomed back just weave inside those little holes
do what you are meant to do

but i feel so flat and those holes are so round
what if i tangle up while weaving in?
will i always be so bound?

what do you think your life is for
you silly little laces
you are meant to serve me
you have no other graces

but what if I want to slither around
and roll into little balls
and just coil and uncoil all the day
maybe even hang from the walls

i have never met such impertinent laces
you have a job to do
here I am, flapping open
and you are worried about you!

and so the laces and the shoes
sat in brittle silence
wondering what would happen next
would the other turn to violence?

this went on for quite some time
and then an amazing thing happened
out of the cupboard jumped a pack of velcro
and before shoe knew it - he was fastened!

and so laces snaked away
to find his something more
but his story doesn’t end so well
he ended up in the back of a drawer