Sandcastles, So Temporary

                           Sandcastles,  So Temporary

Watching them run across the sand, shovels and buckets in their hand

wondering where they will build their castle, so tall, so grand.

Gentle waves lap not far away as up and down the beach they stray.

Laughing, giggling the joy of youth  as they continue on their merry way.

They have built so many, so many before, this is to be just one more.

Sandcastles built just for the day, how long will it be here, who's to say?

How soon will it be washed away, like dreams from another day?

Laughing, giggling the joy of youth, all too soon to face the honest truth

Reviews

[kentuck14]

A child's sandcastle . . . the building of dreams . . . a step for a moment into the future. A day was only needed . . . plenty of days to build those castles . . . each one a step closer to the truth. thanks for the day at the beach, Dave.
T

[Chris Shaw]

You remind me here of my childhood Dave. Playing on the beach with my siblings and building fantastic castles with moats, only to leave them for the tide. A lesson for children, that nothing lasts forever. Enjoyed the read. All the best.

Chris

[Dave]

Chris - I'm glad you liked this. Childhood and sandcastles a world of dreams.
Take care - Dave

[Chris Shaw]

Lovely memories of all day on the beach, complete with sand in our sandwiches :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i used to build sandcastles...when the tide rolls on, they wash away....the tide of life rolls in on childhood and washes it away....gone too soon...those innocent days of pretend. Really like the allegory here, Dave,
j.

[Dave]

Jacob- I'm glad you liked it.

Take care - Dave

[Samuel Dickens]

So true, Dave. Perhaps this is the reason that the young can think five minutes with nothing to do is an hour. We once had all the time in the world and Christmas never came soon enough, but now the calendar pages fall like leaves in the autumn wind.

[Dave]

Sam - you are sooooooo right! Like me, I bet you wonder where they went.