Sun stretched long on patient dunes
Wind hummed ancient desert tunes
Footprints traced a fragile line
Soft reminder yours and mine
Steps drifted under gentle breeze
Markings faded by degrees
Nothing carved in sand stays still
Memory follows nature’s will
Loss felt sharp then kind then clear
Gone did not erase the dear
Absence shimmered light not pain
Wholeness breathed through fleeting gain
Sand forgets to show the track
Heart remembers what breathes back
Footprints vanish love remains—
Presence lives beyond its lanes