Building The Sandcastles Poem by RIC BASTASA

do not think that it is only children who build sandcastles.
big people do, and worse, they do it
in the air and they are serious about this matter

someone comes along to destroy these sandcastles
his job is simply to destroy and give the hassles

dreams, as we all know them,
someone always has the temerity to destroy all of them

do not blame this dreambreaker, do not give him a bad name
whether you like it or not
the maker of the waves sends the sea to wash away
the sandcastles that we build

the maker of our dreams destroys these dreams
and then be glad
another cleansing has been duly accomplished and done
you see,
everything in this world always works for our own good
and for the best