Summer days and summer nights gone by Shifting dunes of fresh leaves upturned to the sky Perfect illusions to drown the pain and ache The sunlit trenches, rivers, oceans—walk by the break All at once, pain kicks in, I'll fly When misery is unbearable, when I can't help but cry I pack my things, straddle my bags and away I go without strings attached, without the meaningless sway And here I am, catching the train to rely On scattered feelings, hoping the wind will blow so high Again, I ask myself why do we even bother to save What sand castles we built under falling waves
The wind beats to the echo running deep Silent and tranquil comes pain sticking no slip Over time, I guess I just have to wait and see How things go together, how things were meant to be Once I thought that love is like ocean and sea That no matter what happens, it will all come back to me But if that's so, then why had you and me failed? Why did your love, claiming to be true, suddenly bailed? Of all things that should end, why us? What have we done to gain heaven's mistrust? How is it that all we've built, inward it all caves Maybe because we've been building sandcastles amidst falling waves
Relationships sour and bitterness prevail I don't believe them then but now I'll avail If this is love, the flimsy little thing we call it Then spare me the trouble of forcing hearts to split The sea, as explorers say, is wild and unruly Once, love is here, the next it's out the shore, certainly Until then, I will stand by and watch until one proves me wrong That love is eternal and love is safe and strong So I waited, watched out for the promise of safety Until you came and offered me that stability But why, my love, why do we end up digging our own graves Is it because we've built sandcastles against falling waves?
How the irony must it have been The way hearts lie about love's fate and gleam I kept hoping that the love you've given is real But all I get are the pieces of hearts hoping to heal What we've established all fell through the test of time Even though I bet hunches on it, bet on every dime I believed that we will stand tall amidst the darkest crime That even under pressure, it will stand among dirt and grime But sadly, all I get are the pieces of the life I once had What we've made are memories—good turning bad And now I know the roads leading to the dark in which loves paves It's because we have built sand castles fighting falling waves
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screams in unholy shrieks
This is one of my strongest poems out there and I love love love it! I remember writing this out of nowhere when I got the idea of writing about the beach and sea. And yeah, that happened. It has become my favorite poem because of the weird emotion it gives me whenever I read it.
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