New Pants

I couldn't remember the feeling of putting on a brand new pair of pants. 
It had been years really.
I'd gotten used to the holes in my old pair of pants. 
After all it was the only pair I owned.
I had learned how to carefully step into them so that my toes wouldn't catch in the little openings and make them wider.
I'd learned how to use rags to create patches when the holes showed up in problematic areas. 
I'd gotten used to how thin they were. To how I would be instantly frozen to the bone if I'd got caught in a storm since the material was so thin now. It was hardly any protection.
But then.
Then, I'd been given these.
A brand new pair of pants. 
And I couldn't believe the difference.
I was warmer.
I felt...neater.
More confident.
I could stride about in public without worrying about my appearance.
Because for the first time in forever.
I looked like everyone else.
And no one could judge me for that.

-Inspiration from buying new work jeans and wearing them after my old pair got holes in the knees