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Caption: f o o t p r i n t s
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Caption: footprints
follow us around
as we all leave our mark in the air, sea and ground
Caption: footprints is a story
about leaving impressions
how everyone leaves
an impression
a footprint
Caption: ducks make footprints
dogs make footprints
you leave a footprint
I leave a footprint
Caption: we make footprints
in the soft snow
we make footprints
in the shifting sands
we make footprints
after the water puddle
we have jumped into
Caption: look,
my footprint
is bigger than
your footprint
Caption: some footprints
stay longer than others
for example fossils
fossils are really
old footprints
Caption: some footprints
won't last so long
like the footprints
we made in the sand
at the beach that the
waves washed away
Caption: with each new baby
begins a new set
of footprints
our family leaves
a lot of footprints
and a lot of families
leave a bunch of footprints
Caption: like a city,
civilization
that's what culture is
a whole bunch
of footprints
Caption: different cultures
have different religions which are footprints of different beliefs
Caption: there are those
who forge the path
of footprints that
lead to wisdom
and those who seek
their trails
Caption: footprints tell us
where we came from,
and the direction
in which we are going
Caption: there are people
who read footprints
like trackers and detectives
there are some people
who chase after footprints
of creatures they've
never seen and
aren't even sure exist
Caption: footprints show us
how far we've gone
like the footprints
on the moon
Caption: meteors leave footprints, we call them craters
the stars leave footprints
trails of light that tell us
the story of the universe
Caption: footprints is a story
of looking,
seeking,
going someplace,
finding something,
exploring and learning
Caption: footprints is the story
of the impression
that we make
on that journey
Caption: the letters in this story
are like footprints
words are footprints
Caption: the printed message
is a footprint,
a memory
we keep our memories
walking with stories,
photos, movies and
bits and bytes
Caption: the stroke of a brush
paints a trail to behold
or how about music notes
dancing on the page,
running in your ears
Caption: language is a lot of footprints,
a map to help us
understand
each other
Caption: footprints are like clues
atoms leave footprints
DNA is a footprint
with much to say
the seed of a tree is a
footprint to be
Caption: dinosaurs left footprints
glaciers leave footprints
there are natural
footprints
for example after the
passing of a hurricane
or the river of lava
creeping from volcanoes
Caption: and not so natural footprints,
like the destruction
we cause to the forests
or our trails of trash,
and oil spills in the ocean,
or the hole in the ozone
Caption: footprints are impressions, or marks, or dents,
or even scars
some scars take
longer to heal than others
Caption: footprints can come
when we tread too heavy with fighting and wars
and we have to
tread lightly over old
land mines and hatreds
Caption: sometimes
we don't realize
we are leaving footprints
like germs that get spread
or diseases that wander
the world hopping from
thing to thing
Caption: and sometimes
we try to cover up
our footprints
as buried waste
out of site out of mind
Caption: and sometimes
when we look back to
try to read the footprints its not very clear where
we have come from
Caption: history is a trail of footprints
and we all leave our
footprints on that trail
all the while
leaving impressions in
the hearts and minds
of others
Caption: and when the trail of
footprints comes to an end
we wonder
where did they go
Caption: making footprints
can be like thinking
of an idea
or like telling this story
which is just
my impression
of what footprints
means to me.
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Caption: Footprints is dedicated to
my children Zoë and Sofia
who have already left an indelible impression upon my heart, and to my mother Betsy and my father Gary whose footprints have wandered into the great unknown. And to Deborah who rambles on with me. © 2015 Mark Smith
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