This is old... dates back to high school or early college.
footprints in dry earth
left by a long ago people
the earth was muddy then;
now it is parched
an arroyo lies nearby
it used to be a freshet,
filled with life
now it is all dried up, cause there was
too much taking, and not enough giving
too much using, and not enough caring
too much thinking it would be there forever
now it is gone for good
just like our loved ones,
going on before us,
we take what they give, but we give nothing in return
we use them up, heedless of the cost
we think that they'll always be there
to get back from the nursing home
how little we understand
soon their lives will be dried up: part of our lives gone
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