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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

Date: 8/27/2022 2:45:00 PM

Very much, the same track of thought. Beautifully thought and delivered in your words. xx

Ann Peck

Date: 8/8/2022 2:50:00 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

Date: 8/5/2022 5:44:00 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

Date: 8/1/2022 10:44:00 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

Date: 8/1/2022 10:31:00 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

Date: 8/1/2022 9:18:00 AM

So beautiful and poignant, Frederic, and your last two lines kiss a soft goodbye. Congratulations!

Jenna Logan

Date: 7/4/2022 7:12:00 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
Date: 7/4/2022 1:06:00 PM

thank you, Jenna, Our lives are short and it is too sad we spend our time in fields of hate