OF YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW…

As I walk upon the 

shores of time 
I feel the warmth 
of the sun kissed sands, 
The footprints melting 
where the water laps 
To peaceful tunes 
like Buddhist chants. 

I remember, yesterday 
the sand was hot, 
Burning my feet 
the cooling waves lost 
Into the tides receding 
shallow seas 
My shore dry, barren 
in emotional freeze.

I wonder what 
tomorrow might bring, 
A drift that fills 
the puddles of my prints, 
Or a raging swell 
that threatens to drown 
my shore,

Or will I walk on eiderdown? 

Moments slip away 
and sift through the gaps, 
Of my toes, onto shores 
that the water laps. 
Lost forever, 
where I can't find 
the meanings it washes away 
into eternity, devoid of time. 

MS