Footprints

Kestrels flying, backs turned from land Words that wash away in waves like sand, and I hope the marks I made fade fast as we met It's just easier to leave and live with one more regret You clung to me like wet sand to my feet I clung to you like a drowning to driftwood in sea When the tide turns these footprints Gone without a trace Gone, gone, another song, another face Hate to say it, hate to stare fate in the face There's no chance we'll find each other again on our separate ways We're too different, and the tide's too disparate Only refuge for a second on my heart, it's a bare spit Ever sliding into the sea, hold me close, you'll see Every touch, every kiss you're just eroding me Every love like a light first step into dark sand I scrawled these words with my hand, in the hopes you'll understand Kestrels flying, backs turned from land Words that wash away in waves like sand, and The marks are fading, smooth skin again Hope the memories sink, don't come up with the bends Strange thing, love, it's too thin, this one Snapped in the undertow of my mind, Saturn's son but The tide turns these footprints Gone without a trace Gone, gone, another song, another face