Footprints Frozen in Time

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Jan 2012 895 Views 8 comments

Footprints Frozen in Time

There once existed a very shallow sea
Now lying in a desert of shifting sands
Footprints made 570 million years ago
By who knows what kind of wandering bands
A set of lonely tracks two parallel lines
Staggered in rock and recorded in time
It really is all sort of rather sublime
Yesterday I walked through fresh snow
Down came some freezing rain to fill
The depressions made along a path precise
Today the wind blew and everything froze
And my footprints were now cast in ice
So what all does this mean I suppose
I really don’t know as I put into prose

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Posted: Jan 2012

About this poem:

Whose were more important mine or the oldest recorded footprints ever? Well, I don't really think mine will be around quite so long...but they looked cool anyway. :))

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Comments (8)

RedexNorthumberland, England UKJan 19, 2012

I liked this poem very much, yes everyones footprints leave a mark.
The ones you describe in the snow are the best to see.

steve1223adelaide, South Australia AustraliaJan 19, 2012

Your physical footprints might not be around to be found ... however ... by your words, deeds and actions you have left ineradicable footsteps in the fabric of time. It is up to us how these footprints are viewed by future generations. Liked your poem.

Odette67Penrith, Cumbria, England UKJan 19, 2012

Yesterday I walked through fresh snow
Down came some freezing rain to fill
The depressions made along a path precise
Today the wind blew and everything froze
And my footprints were now cast in ice
So what all does this mean I suppose
I really don’t know as I put into prose

Lovely poem yankee...makes one think.

hedistuffLayopolis, West Virginia USAJan 19, 2012

who knows what pronoucements shall be made of your trek in the distant future...hell, you may become the missing link....but anyone that breakfasts with me has little wonder of what became of the last sausage bit...

adjhematteson, Illinois USAFeb 12, 2012

I like. We all leave our footprints on the earth and they mean something. Just know that some footprints leave an impact on life, but we never know who will make the impact.

FellsmanLake District, Cumbria, England UKFeb 13, 2012

Hi Yankee

I missed this very thoughtful write first time round (I must have been AWOL

). Evidence of our existence all those years ago is truly an amazing thing.

Best wishes

Bill

windyweatherlySan Francisco, California USAFeb 13, 2012

Great write Yankee4you. You are lucky you can mold your footprint there and hold it for long. Here in California, it is all dusty (west) where I am at and your footprint can't even last for a second... But of course, Truckee and the Sierra mountains are also filled with snow although it is so scarce this season..Thanks for sharing..