Sand castles built in a dreamSurrounded by silver streams
Pain can be unbearable
Sometimes we use metaphors to explain simple things that mask complicated emotions
So to me, we are sand castles
Sand castles with the sun to brighten days and moon to light up nights
Sand castles have no legs, so I grew secure you would never leave,
they have no lips, so I knew no evil would part from you mouth
And because you were built before me,
I lay my foundation in you
You housed my fears and because you were always close by,
I leaned on you with all my strength and you carried the weight of my souls architectural flaws
We are sand castles on a beach
Surrounded by life’s waters and passers by entering in and out of our space
Leaving their footprints on our shores
Some added layers turning castles into kingdoms of queens and kings while others found pleasure in kicking down our exteriors
Breaking my sandy heart, failures at school,
jobs I could never get and things I could never afford
Yet we are sand castles and we remained dead set in our pursuit of happiness
Not dead, eternally committed
Eternally committed like you became when life’s waters washed away your existence carrying the sands of your soul to places I can’t reach
After all we were sand castles, so I have no hands to touch you
I have windows that sweat but because the sun is bright,
they dissipate before they touch the ground
And because howls under the moonlight are a norm no one sees inside my smiling exterior a loud voice screams to the place where sand castles are built in the sky
that the master builder reinstate your design and bring back the place I could depend on
Pain can be unbearable
We use metaphors to explain simple things that mask complicated emotions
Copyright © 2017 Jade Novelist
But I just can’t think of a metaphor for “I miss you”
This poem is an extract from my book “BLVCK Ink“, for more poems from the book, download them at thebookspot.org/xblvckink