Wave Sourced from the Whole

We exist, in our entirety,
as a compilation of all there is,
of all that has ever touched us. 

A wave sourced from the whole,
but distilled down to just a small part. 

Like a thought that arises from our consciousness
and escapes our lips. 

Experienced as the feeling of a wave
washing over bare feet 
walking across the shore. 
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Footprints left behind 
fading among the sand.

Though the energy left behind does not disappear,
​it merely changes form.