What was left by my friend as we stood and watched the water come in and out around us. The water was cold but the days were hot, so we spent it in and out of the ocean.
The handprint which washed clean in the next wave and the movement of sand beneath my feet represents the movement of time and nature. The summer vacation days can't last forever, you can't fight it like you can't fight a wave returning to the ocean and bringing sand and shells with it.
You will lose badly if you fight so we must accept that sometimes all we are left with is a handprint in a photograph.
The skin will not see sunlight like that for 6 months or longer and it longs to be outside but such is life and weather, the fall ends and winter approaches.