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I knew the definition

But never truly understood. 

I knew powerful metaphor

And sublime simile. 

But not until today 

Did I hold in my hands

A simple symbol. 

It was difficult 

To behold simplicity 

And ascertain meaning. 

Nothing more

Than a pair of boots. 

Nothing less than my

Passionate obsession. 

My love and my lust 

Embodied in leather and lace. 

I saw them and knew

They were what I would bore

Into my future and would wear

Down as I reached that place. 

I saw them and knew

A pair had carried me thus far,

And that yet another 

Would yet thrust me afar. 

They meant to me 

Much more than footwear. 

They meant to me 

A lifestyle and success,

For they meant subsistence.

Yet they were nothing more

Than a pair of dusty boots.