Writing Love in Sand, Let the Sea Carry It Away

Love in Sand

A tender meditation on love, memory, and letting go, as a name written in the sand becomes a fleeting symbol of an enduring bond between earth and heaven.

We all miss you lots.
Even if we drew lots,
It could not divide the love
You distributed, dissipated –
Flowing equally
Between heaven and earth.

I just wanted to say,
On this day,
I wrote your name in the golden sand
At the Atlantic Ocean’s edge
In Kololi, and when
The foamy waves rolled in,
They gently took the strokes.

Amen.

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