Fade

An adventure I believe
Though it’s now just a thought
This journey we call life
Leaves so many miles of tracks

Tracks of deer
Tracks of tears
Tracks in snow
Tracks unknown

They weather away from rains of years
Slowly each sign disappears
Each step is lost through the mists of time
Each fades away on journeys aligned

The oldest wane first
Dissolving slowly away
Each goes next until their fade is complete
But before they go, we can say
Who they were before they fade

They were here
They existed
They lived and breathed
These are the memories we save
And once we’ve laid our very last track
Those memories are all they have

And as we pass from this world
We leave our tracks for those behind
As time proceeds and weathers all
These tracks too, shall begin to fade


RD