Footsteps

Footsteps in the sand, we are all travelers.

One imprint after another, we tread on the earth.

What are we doing to our planet, how heavy are these footsteps?

Do they tell our stories, our moments of pain and joy, our struggles, our celebrations?

Do they describe a pandemic-- our fragile selves, our precious beings ruptured at the core?

The wind and rain heal

as tears and our own breath bring us back to center.

Compassion and grace

one smile to another

our eyes light up

as dreams perpetuate

our calling to fly,

to hold the hand of another

to whisper peace on an ailing planet that craves

just a gentle footstep

a piece of art on an unblemished landscape.