The stolen footprints...

A lonely evening by the seashore...

Walking barefoot...I could feel the winds around, blowing my hair and caressing my face....

Sending waves of unknown and unfelt emotions throughout me...

And the sea far beyond...whispering silent words of recognition...

I walked along the shore...not knowing the destination and with no remembrances of the past...

I closed my eyes and enjoyed every step I took...taking in the moist air and pressing deep into the wet sand...

Water touched my feet, waking me from my dreams...from the thoughts that I could hardly remember...

I looked across...the place seemed different from here...birds flying in groups to their nest...

The sun fading and falling in love with the sea again...the sky turning grave at the thought of losing the sun again...

However, what would they see from there...? A distorted image of a lonely envious girl...!

Suddenly I stopped walking and looked back...I found my footprints, alone and longing...

My heart lightened...maybe I too had someone with me...something to look back and feel happy about...

Relieved...I started walking again...a few more steps and I looked back again...

But...! They were gone...my footprints...! Not even a trace of survival...!

Did they vanish..!? Have they flown away...! I walked again, turned and stood rooted to see what did really happen...

Then did I see it...them...! The waves with such benevolence dragging my footprints with them...!

But why...? Where do they take them...? Moreover, why mine...?

Maybe... they didn’t want their shores touched by a stranger...Or they did always steal things left to their nearness...!

On the other hand...maybe they pitied me...maybe they were moved by the way I look at them...thereby...

Matching mine with a lonely footprint elsewhere...!

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_Ishu...