I Walk on Sand by Kirby Congdon, Key West Poet Laureate

I Walk on Sand

By: Kirby Congdon

I walk on sand
And leave a trail
Of footprints,
Hard and deep.
The wash of waves
Fills my step
In hasty cascades.
Water and sand return,
Not quite the same;
The tide, its oceans,
The earth itself
Are changed.