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Barefoot

Tonight I took off my shoes
And I walked in the rain
Barefoot,
Across the campus.

Those I met along the way
Looked, and looked again,
But I just smiled
And passed them by,
And continued on,
Nothing in the world but me,
The cool water,
And the pavement underneath my toes.

And the rain poured down,
Caressing,
Cooling,
And I threw back my head
And laughed into the sky.
Alone, I would have taken off my shirt
And let the clean droplets
Wash over my body,
But common sense kept me
From becoming a show
For any that might happen by.

And on I walked,
Underneath the trees,
Reveling in the textures
And sensations of the earth,
Glad that I could feel,
And glad that I could
Be free,
Free enough to take off those shoes
And walk across campus
Barefoot
In the rain.