Be the first footprint

Be the first footprint

In the sand.

Yet lightly walk,

This virgin path.

It will yield

To gentle pressure

Evenly applied.

Leave your mark

Before the turning

Of the tide.

It will surely come,

Erasing the trail

Of all that after came,

Whomever they may be.

Others who walk with

Purposeful intent

And wonder

What brought them

To the edge

Of the world,

To witness such

Mysterious and fine

Signs of progress,

Melt into the white tops.

But timelessness and purity

Accept an inquisitive imprint,

As softly pressed.

Uniquely different,

With each indent,

Meant to endure,

Just so long

As others come

To walk this way

And follow in their wake.