Garie Beach

Is any poem more beautiful and spiritual than Footprints in the sand?

I have it embroidered in my bathroom ... One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints. This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints. So I said to the Lord, "You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?" The Lord replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you."

Public Comments

1. The Lord replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I left you and trolled R&S."
2. That's the perfect place for it, right next to the toilet.
3. "Shir ha-Shirim" aka "The Song of Songs."
4. I've wrote better. It doesn't even rhyme. And not all of us can relate.
5. I don't like poetry of any kind. Except limericks.
6. I find it evocative My mom has the desiderata on her wall as soon as you come in the door.
7. yes Desiderata
8. Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe is more beautiful.
9. I prefer Chaucer; greatest poet of all time. Even better than Shakespeare.
10. Just about any. For instance, There was a young thing from Nantucket, who... ADDENDUM BTW, did you have permission before violating the copyright? http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=CopyrightNotice.php I thought stealing was a sin...
11. I prefer Wallace Stevens "Sunday Morning." But it's too long to quote here.
12. Only Desiderata has the same potential for exacerbating diabetes with its sticky sweetness. For people in real trouble it's a pathetic verse. "Our Chaplain's got a banjo, an' a skinny mule 'e rides, An' the stuff 'e says an' sings us, Lord, it makes us split our sides! With 'is black coat-tails a-bobbin' to Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-ay! 'E's the proper kind o' padre for ten deaths a day." Kipling, Cholera Camp. And he could write real and uplifting pieces, both. He didn't neglect the bloody side of life.
13. La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats. Or Sir Orfeo.