I have my own shoes to step into

To step into someone’s  shoes

Is to emulate, follow the path of some one,

In effect be a successor

With due respect to all those someone

I would like to step into my own shoes

Yea, I have my own shoes to step into

It’s more a matter of self-confidence

Than being heady, arrogant or proud

My arrogance or otherwise will never

make a difference to the greatness of some one

Be it Robert frost or Shakespeare as poet

Einstein or Nicole Tesla as scientist

Mother Theresa or Kamaraj as social worker

They held their own, great in their own right

To leave their shoes is to respect, rever

Confidence apart  I wish to to make myself

Worthy to place myself high up along

The likes of the greats, I have to strive hard

Setting myself high standards to follow

Being worthy of my own shoes first!

-Mohan Sanjeevan