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August 9, 2023 

For Brian Strand's Contest No1235  New Poem Only

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Footprint

 on the
             hour glass     track
            within time    I did    stroll
              for long      while    on the   sea
               shore        alone    along  beach  calm
             lapped     by the      waves   that   rush
           from the  domain    cobalt   these   crush
        with pearls of foam string spreading on the
      glistening sands of time that  engraves my
      footprints I have left walking the present
      embedded now in the realm of the past
        where they can no longer walk back
           but can only watch them being
            washed away by the tides of
            time into the deep depth  
           of oblivion while I make 
         new frail footprints on 
      the hazy track fading
      as I am walking the
     remaining stretch
       of the last mile
          unattached

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Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/13/2023 10:38:00 AM - Congratulations on your win :) - hugs Login to Reply Subimal Sinha-Roy Date: 8/16/2023 10:22:00 PM Many thanks.

Lonna Blodgett Date: 8/12/2023 7:02:00 PM There is something such a magical metaphor with "Footprints". Very enjoyable to read. Lonna Login to Reply Subimal Sinha-Roy Date: 8/16/2023 10:22:00 PM Thank you, Lonna for your visit and for encouraging comment.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/10/2023 4:06:00 AM - Excellent in words and shape, Subimal ... you are truly an expert on these shape poems ... hope you get top first place :) - hugs Login to Reply Subimal Sinha-Roy Date: 8/10/2023 10:16:00 PM Thank you, Anne-Lise. Your shape poems are also lovely.