Post by Isabelle on Feb 21, 2005 9:10:49 GMT -5
Hello everyone. I have made a poem, dedicated to my two best friend's grandmother, who has recently passed. I would like to just have a first opinion on it before I send my poem to the family. It's a very hard time for them right now, and I'd like to just express my emotions, also. Thank you, for your time. 
Lone Footsteps
One night, a woman was sitting in her rocking chair, reading a book, when she heard the sound of a single footstep in her hallway, before all was quiet once more.
The next night, she walked into her home, and turned on the light, to reveal one muddy footprint on her tiled kitchen floor.
And the third night, the woman fell asleep, and dreamed that she was walking on the beach, with scenes of her life flashing before her in the sky. When she reached the end of the beach, she walked into the salty water and observed the wet sand, not yet washed away from the shore. As the sea washed over her feet, her eyes noticed that in her most troublesome and painful times of life, there was but only one footprint in the sand. This became an item of curiosity in her mind, and so she questioned God, "You said that if I followed You for eternity, You would always be there for me in times of trouble." God just laughed, and replied, "Oh, my child. When there is but one set of footprints in the sand, it was when I carried you." So then, she asked him, "So you will always be there for me in my times of sadness?" "For eternity and over, my child, there will be lone footsteps in the sand."
- Dedicated to Lucy LaRue (Memere)
1913-2005
Lone Footsteps
One night, a woman was sitting in her rocking chair, reading a book, when she heard the sound of a single footstep in her hallway, before all was quiet once more.
The next night, she walked into her home, and turned on the light, to reveal one muddy footprint on her tiled kitchen floor.
And the third night, the woman fell asleep, and dreamed that she was walking on the beach, with scenes of her life flashing before her in the sky. When she reached the end of the beach, she walked into the salty water and observed the wet sand, not yet washed away from the shore. As the sea washed over her feet, her eyes noticed that in her most troublesome and painful times of life, there was but only one footprint in the sand. This became an item of curiosity in her mind, and so she questioned God, "You said that if I followed You for eternity, You would always be there for me in times of trouble." God just laughed, and replied, "Oh, my child. When there is but one set of footprints in the sand, it was when I carried you." So then, she asked him, "So you will always be there for me in my times of sadness?" "For eternity and over, my child, there will be lone footsteps in the sand."
- Dedicated to Lucy LaRue (Memere)
1913-2005
