Footprints

Footprints - bare in the wet sand Mine following joining yours For you asked and you promised And on your word I gave them you Each step we took side by side Our footprints together we left Memories for but a short time Forever engraved in my mind Towards the shore the wind blows Waves distracting as they land Rippling across the surface White bubbles caressing sand The tide creeps in ever so slowly Waves lapping advancing the shore Hiding and stealing our footprints So that we are visible no more Waves crashing white surf churning Footprints tumbling and breaking Wave after wave cold froth forming In its wake but a broken union Now my own steps I walk lonely Sinking deep in the soft white sand Far from the foamy shore I wander No longer there to hold my hand