Footprints on the Sand

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.

As I walked through the sandy shores

I looked back

Expecting you there

Instead, I only saw a pair of footprints

 

That wounded dream I've had

Where I ended up lost so many times

I don’t ever want to sleep again

And realize I would be alone

 

I’m frightened

To open my eyes and shed tears

To stand up and feel pain

Just how much can I bear?

 

I drew a rainbow

Which I contrasted with views of the future

If someday I proceed to continue

This journey along that horizon

 

But it always get longer

It takes more time

The worries I felt

Seem to stretch on and on

 

Of the 7 billion people in the world

Can I be any different from them?

I wonder

If  I live the same way as them

 

I write and put words into songs

Where I think I may have heard your voice

Blending with my melody

As I’m nearing the end of the rainbow

 

I’m sure these great days we've had

Were so full of lessons

And that I have learned

To climb over those high walls

 

As I walked through the sandy shores

I looked back

Expecting you there

But I didn’t see you

 

Instead, you are beside me

Hand in hand

We walk through life

Forever bound by fate

Author's Note

There is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.
-Charles Dickens

Reviews

[Ahmad Cox]

Aww so very sweet and deep with honesty and emotion. I really liked it.

[Margarette]

Thank you! I've written this because I always have that dream.

[zainul]

Just amazing.
Last two stanzas give a perfect feeling what happened to you.
Yea,you may be a special one among 7 billion people.
You are writing in an engaging manner.

[Margarette]

Thank you! I think we are all special but we differ in just particular ways in terms of personality and what not.

[zainul]

You are welcome,dear poet!
I agree with your thought.
Really,we are all special but we differ in just particular ways in terms of personality.

[Levi Levin]

This is a wonderful poem-great job!

[Margarette]

Thanks! It's just hard to organize the thoughts and compare it with footprints.

[Levi Levin]

You did fine.

[Acer]

Nice footprint's , i loved your poem. The word's ain't too bad. nice work.

[Margarette]

Thank you!

[Acer]

my pleasure

[MOON]

Lovely flowing write love the sentiments.

[Margarette]

Thanks for the review! I always love writing free-flowing thoughts.

[poetry-kiddo alienbaba]

A brief stroll through the Beach of one's existence.
A mark memorable imprinted in grains of sand,
A memory to linger onto when storms and cyclones threaten.

[Margarette]

Aw,what wonderful lines you've written! I appreciate this very much. Thank you!

[poetry-kiddo alienbaba]

inspired by your own lovely verse