Verbal Doodle - "There wasn't one to give."

There wasn't one to give. Out of all the times for this to happen, it's certainly the most unfortunate. There are some things you take for granted, such as shoelaces. And when you're strutting around with two shoes on, both of which sporting it's own length of thread to match, you seldom even notice that they're present at all. And so when it finally does come time for someone else to walk a length in those shoes, it's important that they actually stay in place. And when you're missing a lace, well, that tends to make things difficult. The intent and the vehicle are there, but that stupid piece of string kind of ruins it all. You're used to those shoes. They fit like they've pounded the pavement with you for too many miles. Which, really, they have. But it immediately becomes apparent that something so basic has been so perfectly tailored to you that they can't even function on someone else. How intimate. Standing on the precipice of something that should be so simple, and it falls apart (and falls off) due to the tiniest thing. A damn shoelace.