I found a shell today

Not just a shape, but a memory

Still echoing inside

She used to walk this shore

Leaving laughter in the tide

I'd follow her footprints until the waves took them away

I thought time would wash it clean

But some things stay beneath the sand

Shells remember what we forget

Every smile, every regret

The ocean keeps what we let go

But never truly loses it

I held one close to my ear

And heard her humming in the wind

Not a song I could name, but one I knew by heart

I thought time would wash it clean

But some things stay beneath the sand

Shells remember what we forget

Every smile, every regret

The ocean keeps what we let go

But never truly loses it

We leave behind more than footprints

We leave echoes in the tide

And sometimes they find us again

I placed the shell back where I found it

Letting it speak to someone else who's listening