When was the last time you built a sandcastle?

    When was the last time you built a sandcastle?    

“History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.” 

- Heraclitus

Dr Abe V Rotor

Living with Nature - School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]

Oh, you should build 

sandcastle again, 

and keep young always;  

keep close to children, 

to while time away; 

keep the innocence 

of not all knowing, 

to be yourself again.

Siblings building sandcastles on Morong Beach, Bataan

Build sandcastles, they make dreams come true,

on a flying magic carpet’s view;

Build sandcastles and copy the clouds,

faces of creatures behind a shroud;

Build sandcastles and meet the Martians,

the Aztecs, the cowboys and Indians.

Build sandcastles, poet Milton long aimed:

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained;

Build sandcastles along the river,

playground of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer;

Build sandcastles, and meet Peter Pan,

Casper, Nemo, in the world of fun;

Build sandcastles and hunt for treasure

in the Pyramids and Aegean shore;

Build sandcastles for pleasure and pain

in Great Expectations by Mark Twain;

Build sandcastles, they bring back the past,

when you're young and never cease to ask;

Build sandcastles, while in tender years;

grownups who did, live up in good cheers;

Build sandcastles, tall as the Eiffel,

until the sun sets and the winds chill;

Build sandcastles and reach out to sea,

to the unknown and risk to be free;

Build sandcastles, fairy tale or true,

for life's but a passing review. ~

  

       Author's family enjoys building sandcastles in Nasugbu, Batangas.   

* Lesson on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday [www.pbs.gov.ph]