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1. I am a tiny piece of gravel
2. on the ground 
3. among others as you walk by.
4. I could be the piece of gravel 
5. with a size that sits perfectly 
6. on the palm of your hand 
7. before you throw me away 
8. into the sea
9. or somewhere
10. you can never see me
11. be that tiny piece of gravel
12. that clings 
13. onto the sole of your shoe.
14. So I could be with you
15. with every footstep.
16. So that I am with you,
17. until the day comes 
18. I can no longer hold on.

Literal situation: Person who wrote this proclaims of being a piece of gravel on the ground. Then when the beloved walks on the narrator, who is a piece of gravel, stone, asphalt — whatever— the narrator may just cling on to the sole of the beloved’s shoe up unto the narrator gets dislodged.

Analysis: Well, the literal situation had described the feeling of being a human doormat in the name of love. This untitled (for now) piece of writing states that a person becomes small in the face of love. The persona in the untitled (for now) piece of writing also states in lines 1-8 that the gravel-self, may be plucked out of the shoe or out of the ground and may sit on the palm. (This kind of reminds me when you sit on the floor and those annoying pieces of rocks get stuck on your hand. Those little pieces of rocks tend to be more itchy and do deserve to be picked out of the palm and hurled off somewhere.) In any case, the persona of the poem is stating that the lover shall cling to the beloved, even if the beloved may no longer want to be there anymore. And that the little piece of gravel, which is the personal will hold on until s/he can and then just leave after s/he’s fed up with the foot that’s been stepping on her.

Judging from what is written, love is treated as a teenage romance similar to that of Twilight. I’ve read the books and this is how Bella exactly feels towards Edward. The glittering vampire may opt to devour her, but she does not care. Why? Because she is in love. But in this poem there’s some kind of retribution for the speaker. What is it, you ask? Lines 17 - 18 states that, when the persona has realized that she can no longer be there, s/he will release herself from the shoe and s/he will be that little piece of gravel — that obstacle on the road, that will make any passersby’s walking uncomfortable.

Thus the moral of this writing is that never be that little piece of gravel on anyone’s shoe. Or the other moral of this writing is that love makes you realize you may be a difficult person to deal with. Or the moral of this writing is that you can be easily replaced by that someone you actually wanted to be with. Yeah, something like that.

 Note: I put strikethroughs there to at least, in my case, make this written piece of work look less like a twilight poemfic. Yes, I am mean. But was on the internet, meaning to say it’s free for all to react on. No, this isn’t cyberbullying. Did I name any names? Did I link any links? No, I am just an alumni of that organization and no versus any organization or guild. Yes, I know who the author of this is. Yes, I used New Criticism. Look closer, no biography and situation included except that of maybe the leading guys of Twilight.