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sand castle stories

October 8, 2014
By Rio_Tyler BRONZE, Oswego, Illinois
Rio_Tyler BRONZE, Oswego, Illinois
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On the beach the waves rise and fall, and the

As your feet hit the sand, you leave a trail

You took time to stop and sit to build a

castle of blackened sand.

The waves come closer and closer but you

stand by its side, keeping it safe.

Saving the memories and holding on to pain

and bliss of the stone that has been set

Now idol next to the creation of yours, a

new shadow appears, mine.

I wait, longing for to see where my path

But when I see the girl in the sand I don’t

All I see is a smiling heart and lost eyes

When my path crosses yours I wait next to

My hand meets yours and we let the waves

The waves leave their smooth marks on

time moves on.

for another to find.

would meet another.

see the castle

you

take the castle of black.

surface of the sand

Filling the sand with veins, for a new story

Together we build a new castle, one of

Now we walk hand in hand away from a

to be written.

color.

castle of color.

To let the waves of time take its toll and

to let us live free of the castles we’ve once

made.

To let us make new castles on the path

ahead.



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