Sand Castles

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. - Thoreau

in another time

with another rhyme

another dimension

defying all fear and apprehension

we built a castle at the shore

a castle of love, sand, saltwater and nothing more

marveling at its grandeur and wanting to preserve it

we surrounding it with a moat

and a dead muse's living quote

one that reaches out and grabs by the throat

but alas, the tide rose

exposing our beggars clothes

slapping and splashing us back into a stark reality

a reality desiring to disagree

lost in the throws

a harsh reality where everything shows

and only tomorrow knows

how to knock down the walls of our woes

as the water of tears goes

wherever it wants to go

Author's Note

“Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons.” - Thoreau