FootPrints in the Sand

As I walked lost and trying to find my way, I watched my steps. I left a marker to help another, but most of all to help myself.

I left my footprints in the sand
Sand that leaked my soul to darkness
A place I've never seen,
A sight I've never been.
The haven I wished not to arrive at.
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I lost myself, I fell to my ends,
Though a loss, I left a trail.
To follow, to guide, and to prevent
My footprints in the sand.

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-Inspired by drifting snow and the fate that led each piece to me.