Footprints

I believe most people should have heard of the prose poem footprints. There are a few variations to the poem and one of them goes like this:

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 was one only.

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 has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”

The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”

Written by Mary Stevenson, 1936

The anime adaption of the Bishoujo game H20 ~footprints in the sand~ starts off on the first episode with a partial recitation of this poem. Incidently, that's where the game got its name from.



If you thought that from this opening that it would be a rather complicated anime, you are right. For one, the protogonist is blind, and the first episode doesn't even hold back on the violence. It gets right into the thick of it.



And btw, H20 has a double meaning... watch the episode 2 preview at the end of episode 1 to find out ^^