Sandcastles in sand
Washed up memories….Prompt
Sandcastles in the sand
washed up memories
a wave crashed by
gurgling white foam
a sand castle tumbles in shambles
the shackles are broken
You and I
no longer rein
the castle has fallen
a Queen has lost her King
our echoes are carried by the gusty wind
the tethered sand castle walls crash down
sand kisses sand
hugged and adorned by shells and pebbles
strolled on by crabs
and ringed with giggles
of children playing near by
a child picks up his bucket
and some water to build up a narrow tower
starting from scratch
he builds up the castle again
only to have it washed up by the next wave
lamenting its fall
another child pick up from where the first left
only to start all over again
the Queen keeps losing her King in the process
and reminds herself to let no walls, no King, no castle
no one, ever enslave her again!
© Dazzling Shene 2021
Thanks Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) for kindly publishing my poetry :)
