Sandcastles

Sandcastles

A Poem by Senu Jayasinghe
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Empty words

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Words
Thousands and millions
A million grains of sand
Can still build a castle
A castle that'll blow away
Into the storm of reality
No scaffolding of will
Words are just noise...
Nothing to gain
Once in ruins,
Abandoned
No looking back.
Sun is below the horizon now
Just fly away up to your summit
Leaving me in these ruins
In the gloom...



© 2024 Senu Jayasinghe


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All words are empty and made of sand; we allow ourselves to believe that what is in front of us is concrete. Like the wind could play with pages of the dictionary, moving around it didn't make a poem. Sand castles are as fragile as everything that we prefer to keep. 

Posted 5 Months Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Senu Jayasinghe

5 Months Ago

Thank you for your comment Kate.



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words can be empty no doubt, Senu .. i like the metaphor with sand, sand castles and especially the scaffolding ... without a firm foundation and proper cement it all comes tumbling down in the slightest of storms .. thanks for sharing!
E.

Posted 4 Months Ago


Senu Jayasinghe

4 Months Ago

Thank you for the comment ☺️
I really like the scaffolding part...very creative.
we create poems, they blow away....
we create love, it blows away.
Then there we are alone and in the gloom.
A good song that fits this poem..."Ruins" by Cat Steven....

Posted 4 Months Ago


Senu Jayasinghe

4 Months Ago

Thank you Jacob.
All words are empty and made of sand; we allow ourselves to believe that what is in front of us is concrete. Like the wind could play with pages of the dictionary, moving around it didn't make a poem. Sand castles are as fragile as everything that we prefer to keep. 

Posted 5 Months Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Senu Jayasinghe

5 Months Ago

Thank you for your comment Kate.
You meet someone and start to dream, bare your soul to them just for them to have not meant a word they said. The dreams you thought you had together were just sandcastles. They leave you destitute in the ruins of these dreams.
Words are just noise if there is no follow through.

Posted 5 Months Ago



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Added on February 20, 2024
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