Time & Tide

In an instant, I slow to stare,
these markings here are oddly rare,
footprints running along the shore..
these steps I’ve tread from once before.

The mind wonders how that could be,
this world is one I’ve yet to see,
I search my thoughts for doubt or fear..
but the heart knows what brought me here.

Winds might mask what I try and say,
tides may wash all traces away,
but dear friends of life, kin to time..
this moment’s ours, please call it mine.