along the ice crusted shore
bare feet
daring
breaking crystals of light;
a simultaneous intake of breath...
the pile of shoes abandoned
with the world
in the cold, stretching
sand
unaware
of footprints that swiftly fall
with echoes of whispers
in the silvery air
empty
of meaning to a passerby,
yet surrounded
by hearts of the same reaching
so,
understood.