sand castles

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love is more like the tide than anything else
yeah maybe it's just like a tide
and maybe he is just mad because
he has worked for years to build up a massive castle
to defend his heart from the crashing waves
and the walls are reinforced with beach sticks
and there's a moat and a secondary wall, too
and lookout posts with sticks and carefully selected shells on them
it's one of those castles that you build with a real metal shovel
and people stop as they walk by to admire it's strength
and he worked hard on that castle
but he can't stop the tide
and as it relentlessly breaks down his walls
he can barely stand to see the destruction
and as his heart is washed out to sea
he is still thinking about his demolished castle

without realizing that it is floating out
to the most beautiful sunset