The sound of shoes

An evening walk.

My shoes make two sounds.

1.

Shoe on the road.

Friction dissipates energy as sound and heat. 

The road responds 

By scraping the shoe.

Another lap begins;

A tiny stone chips.

— This is how we make our own roads,

Chipping away the ones that have been walked too often.

2.

Sweaty feet on shoe.

Labour — a squeak.

Not a roar, however,

Loud enough to be heard.