Frederic Parker Poet Quatorzain

Footprints On the Shore

The longest journey is my life spent
hurried times I've traveled, without lament...Poet



I ponder my footprints left in sea sand
they linger like life, for a time, then gone
taken like life by the tide's timeless hand
in seamless circles of dawn after dawn
this continuous theme passes through time
because living and dying are endless
so I count all my days lived as they climb
life has become shorter,  my soul restless

Like my footprints, I will be washed away
to be pulled by life's tide into darkness
where nothing remains, nor left to convey
as life will begin with a new canvas
the tide swept away my tracks on the shore
buried by new sand, they will be no more


7/4/22 contest It's All About The Three Q's...LIFE
Sponsor Constance La France

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Lady Labyrinth August 27, 2022 at 2:45 PM Very much, the same track of thought. Beautifully thought and delivered in your words. xx

Ann Peck August 8, 2022 at 2:50 PM This poem is beautiful, and so poignant but true. We're only footprints in the sand, as it should be, I suppose. Congrats on your First Place!

Constance La France August 5, 2022 at 5:44 AM Frederic, congratulations on your win in my contest with your beautiful Quatorzain, excellent writing. I love your quote and the music, blessings ~~Constance

Connie Marcum Wong August 1, 2022 at 10:44 PM Your tracks may be washed away but your beautiful poetry will remain. I really love the melodic lines in this poem with a bit of a melancholy feel to it. Congratulations on your First Place win. I can relate. I am saving this gem to my Faves. Blessings xxoo

Paula Goldsmith August 1, 2022 at 10:31 AM Congratulations on this win. A beautiful write. I love the old Footprint Poem. Hate is a waste of time. Let go and let God deal with it. He can do a much better job. I have seen this many times. Have a blessed day/week writing way.................

Ann Peck August 1, 2022 at 9:18 AM So beautiful and poignant, Frederic, and your last two lines kiss a soft goodbye. Congratulations!

Jenna Logan July 4, 2022 at 7:12 AM Frederic, my thoughts on your comparing life to footprints left on the sand are mirrored upon the reflection between them. Both swept away by tide and time. You have a gift for penning emotional truths. Frederic Parker July 4, 2022 at 1:06 PM thank you, Jenna, Our lives are short and it is too sad we spend our time in fields of hate