Into the setting sun

As life draws to a close

My journey now is near it's end
and I have but few regrets,
I'll take his hand when offered up
as on my life the sun it sets.
We'll walk to where the sky meets sea
long shadows in our wake,
memories of good times had
in each footprint that I make.
Then slowly as the years they pass
as the tides of time break land,
these memories will fade, be gone
as will my footprints in the sand.

Reviews

[Davidgeo]

Living is a type of erosion within time. Everything within time erodes. In several hundred million years even the footprints we left on the moon will erode. Erosion is kind of how we keep time... they might be the same things at the end of the day. (if nothing eroded time wouldn't mean that much)

[Gee]

Morning Dave, thanks for having a read and commenting.
Hope all.is well with you

[Lorry]

But your pen-prints will love on, just as you shall through the generations that follow you.
Your limb of the family tree will be the one the kids, grandkids and more will swing on, before shooting into their own branch, forever attached to yours.
Beautiful words Gee, that are hopefully very far from ending.

[Gee]

Apologies for the late " thank you" Lorry.
Hope you are safe and well

[Lorry]

I'm still kickin' Gee... Well, it's more like a spasm but that just might be down to age 😉

[barleygirl]

You & Jacob & a bunch of others have been thinking about mortality a lot lately. I hardly ever think of it, but I do feel ready, as in your poem, the idea of being at the end feels comfortable & fully accepted. We didn't need to make a big splash, we don't care about being remembered any longer than footprints stay evident at the seashore. This is exactly how it feel to be ready, however it goes down, whether this year or after another decade or two. One would go nuts if one felt death as an impending doom-like thing. That's why your poem feels like a comfortable stroll thru the inevitabilities of living & dying (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Gee]

Good morning Margie and thank you( belatedly)
Hope younger keeping well out there on your lonesome :))

[Gee]

Younger ! You are

[barleygirl]

It was a tough Thanksgiving week for me, since I got some intestinal curse & could not eat for a few days. Fortunately today I'm not thinking about mortality anymore! *wink! wink!*

[Gee]

Glad to read you are in the mend :))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I have been thinking about mortality a lot lately, Gee. Wondering if I have done enough to make a difference, if a memory will remain behind me.
I can relate to this one pretty well.
most if we are lucky to live long enough will reach this point.
j.

[Gee]

Good morning Jacob, thank you.
Hope you are safe and well

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Beautiful
You captured the moment well
I hope we don’t forget everything
I don’t think we will
Well done 👍

[Gee]

Belated thanks Julie. Hope you are keeping safe and well

[Einstein Noodle]

i like it as is Gee ... one certainly hopes that in death the launch is peaceful and not made alone .. but hand in hand with my Lord Jesus (my belief) and angels ... letting all the things of this life drift and fade and loose connection and importance for the Light ahead ... i love this .. its great stuff says i! i do hope you are well ... and staying safe ..

[Gee]

Apologies for the late reply E, thank you.
Hope you are keeping safe and well

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Sometimes off the cuff simply works Gee. You capture the voice and air of acceptance in this nicely rhymed piece. The narrator appears at peace with dying and accepts that they will simply become marks in the sand for a short time, then a far of echo.

[Gee]

Cheers John, hope you are well.

[Chris Shaw]

What's a tweak between friends Gee :) If you penned this quickly you did well. You know I am still in fight mode not ready to take the reaper's hand. I hope when the time comes I will be ready. A poem to ponder on. Hope you and your clan are doing ok. I guess you are still working your socks out through lockdown. All good here in Berks.

Chris

[Gee]

Thank you Christine, hope you are keeping well.