sand castles

all of the beautiful castles 

I built while on the beach 

with grains of sand and water 

from the ebbing sea 

finally, I view my masterpiece 

castle walls built high with hope 

surrounding this delicate structure 

love overflows the moat 

it didn't last an hour

'fore the wind has swept it clean 

blowing into the ocean 

all of my hopes and dreams 

I'm starting it all once over 

packing harder to make it stand 

I am always rebuilding castles

the wind won't do me in 

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License