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Daniel Mashburn
Poems
Jan 2017
Castles Made Of Sand
I dug my nails into the dirt so I could tear the continents adrift to rid myself of the petty distances between us.
I kept pulling at the seams until the mountains started crumbling. Sweat drip, drip, dripping from my brow, but I'm still prying at the pieces.
Until at last I raised the oceans. High tide and high time, I pulled myself from the ocean floor.
If I let go, I would disappear.
There would be nothing left to keep me here.
I built castles made of sand and built them strong upon the shore. I laced in my fear of the ocean and of waters running cold
into the foundation and these walls; of these places I'd call my home, but can I really call it home when I'm feeling all alone?
Until at last I raised the oceans. High tide and high time, I pulled myself from the ocean floor.
If I let go, I would disappear.
There would be nothing left to keep me here.
We spit rhetoric in rhyme.
Who will save us this time?
There's nothing left to say;
I like it better this way.
#fear
#home
#running
#ocean
#mountains
#crumbling
#nails
#seams
#sand-castles
#ifiletgo
Written by
Daniel Mashburn
28/M/Cumming, GA
(28/M/Cumming, GA)
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