Shadows on the Sand

We walked the shore with tangled hands

No words, just waves and soft commands

Now footprints vanish in the tide

Like promises we tried to hide

I still return where we once stood

To find you in the driftwood

You're the shadow on the sand

Gone too fast to understand

But I still reach when no one's there

Like love is hiding in the air

The ocean sings a song you knew

It breaks and pulls me back to you

A breeze can lie like you once did

So warm, then cold, and gone amid

I feel you in the salty air

But close my eyes, and you're not there

You're the shadow on the sand

Gone too fast to understand

But I still reach when no one's there

Like love is hiding in the air

Maybe all that fades was meant

But why does grief feel heaven-sent?

I'd trade the sun, the sea, the sky

For one more time to say goodbye

You're the shadow on the sand

Fading slow, hand after hand

And though the tide has cleared your trace

I still feel you in this place

Even when the waters part

You stay behind inside my heart