Footsteps in the Sand

 

The sand on the beach is clean

Not a footstep to break the pristine

The sun is rising slowly in the sky

Making the blue lighter in the sky

I walk slowly on the sand

Leaving footsteps in the sand

Gentle cool breeze on my face

Moisture and salty spray often on my face

The footsteps lead up the beach

Slowly there are more footsteps on the beach

Some pass by my footsteps

Others move with my footsteps

Every now and then footsteps part

As friends and companions depart

The swirling water from the waves

Fills in the footsteps with passing waves

My story told by my footsteps in the sand

Meeting and parting footsteps in the sand

As I move further down the beach of life

It shows the friends and family walking through my life

Memories are slowly fading in the sand

Just like the footsteps in the sand

The sun setting slowly

Sliding into the water gracefully

Soon my lone footsteps in the sand will fade

Washed away by the waves aid

The beach will be again clean

The sands of time pristine

For the next set of footprints

Another life being charted in the footprints

The cycle of life continues