Seeing a set of footprints in a light dusting of snow under a full moon early one morning prompted this poem.
Like Footprints in the snow
A lonely path and powdered snow
Brightened by a winter moon
Footprints falling in a row
Sunrise coming very soon
Someone walked this lane alone
And left their mark of passage there
Etched in ice upon the stone
Crystals glitter everywhere
“I was here, just look and see
I made a difference, you should know
See the tracks I left behind me
Showing others how to go”
How short a time until the daylight
then how briefly do they stay
traces still are there at twilight
Tomorrow they’ll be gone away
We live and work to leave some sign
A little light, a candle’s glow
But in the end, your life and mine
are like those footprints in the snow
A toast to those who’ve gone before us
Hold close those we love today
And sing another rousing chorus
Before our footprints fade away
A lonely path and powdered snow
Brightened by a winter moon
Footprints falling in a row
Sunrise coming very soon
Someone walked this lane alone
And left their mark of passage there
Etched in ice upon the stone
Crystals glitter everywhere
“I was here, just look and see
I made a difference, you should know
See the tracks I left behind me
Showing others how to go”
How short a time until the daylight
then how briefly do they stay
traces still are there at twilight
Tomorrow they’ll be gone away
We live and work to leave some sign
A little light, a candle’s glow
But in the end, your life and mine
are like those footprints in the snow
A toast to those who’ve gone before us
Hold close those we love today
And sing another rousing chorus
Before our footprints fade away
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