Reading the sidewalk

Paw prints on the sidewalk
Tell the story of a cat
Who walked here once

Bird footprints a little ahead
Say a bird too walked here
Unaware of the cat, likely

Whimsical little footprints
On a sidewalk make me smile

To think of the feel of wet cement
On those tiny feet,
(were they surprised or indifferent at the feel of the less than stable ground)?

They didn't know
they were leaving their mark
When they walked by here

So we leave our imprints
On the paths of our lives
Unaware who sees them
who is touched by them

Draft 2

Paw prints on the sidewalk
tell the story of a cat
that walked here once.
Tiny footprints a little ahead
say a bird tottered here too.
(Was it aware of the cat?)

The feel of wet cement
on those little feet...
(Were they surprised
at the less than stable ground?)
They never knew
they left their mark.

So we leave imprints too
never quite knowing
who sees them,
is touched by them