Hi james,

Quite enjoyed reading this, but thought you could lose the opening stanza
(which sets the wrong tone for me) and maybe start at :

the river befor me
> is at its lowest ebb
> and poised for the incoming tide.


Cheers,

Frank



> TRACKS IN THE SAND
>
> Today is always with me,
> all I can recall are the tracks
> of what has already gone.
>
> I can see that the river befor me
> is at its lowest ebb
> and poised for the incoming tide.
>
> I can tell the tide has been out a long time
> by the way goose tracks
> to and from the water.
>
> I can tell they arrived
> when the water was higher,
> and though I can't see them
>
> I am able to tell that some
> are at rest in the long grass
> beyond where their tracks head off.
>
> I recall sayings about building on sand
> and how it's just asking to be washed away,
> liike these tracks, with the next tide.
>
> I remember time measured by sand
> and can see in these tracks
> where the idea originated.
>
> Back indoors I see rain now pours
> in torrents outside where tracks in the sand
> will go before the tide later today
>
>
>
>
> bw
> James
>
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