SANDCASTLES

In 1972, I was a Junior in high school. I watched a television movie called "Sandcastles". I was so inspired, I wrote the following:

Sandcastles

I want to share

my Sandcastles with you.

Aren't they beautiful,

so real and true?

There - through the darkness,

see the burning light?

Shining through the windows

on this damp night.

There's a girl and a boy

so deeply in love,

Standing there silently

looking above.

Yes, my Sandcastles can

be washed away,

By the rain that comes

on lonesome days.

Then they appear again

just like before,

When you come and knock

upon the door.

The door that opens my

memory . . .

Of the Sandcastles built

for you and me!

Crystal Murphy

12 October 1972