I want to build a sandcastle
Sturdy and tall-
With towers and turrets
And cool shells on the walls.
A tower of books
As high as magic will grow it,
A balcony glowing
When the moonlight shows it.
I want a coral garden
Sprawling wide at the edge,
With tide pools like secrets
And starfish living along each ledge
There’d be laughter in the halls,
And windows facing the sea-
A peaceful place to live where I can exist as me
Seahorses in each stable-
Pampered and content,
Turtles everywhere happy to hear me vent
And when the tide comes and sweeps it all away
I'll have no tears to shed, I can build another the next day
Jun 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM UTC
I want to build a sandcastle
Sturdy and tall-
With towers and turrets
And cool shells on the walls.
A tower of books
As high as magic will grow it,
A balcony glowing
When the moonlight shows it.
I want a coral garden
Sprawling wide at the edge,
With tide pools like secrets
And starfish living along each ledge
There’d be laughter in the halls,
And windows facing the sea-
A peaceful place to live where I can exist as me
Seahorses in each stable-
Pampered and content,
Turtles everywhere happy to hear me vent
And when the tide comes and sweeps it all away
I'll have no tears to shed, I can build another the next day
Someday someone may join me in my endless castles of sand,
But I'm content being lonely so long as my imagination still stands
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