Sandcastles

"Love...ultimate truth in life, came tiptoeing, whispering...murmuring...tinkling" - by Poet walking aimlessly on the pristine beach,  find a little boy unwaveringly making sandcastles!               How much I feel I am him!         making sandcastles all day, till today!            I thought I had it all.. possessed        worldly things anyone would crave for,             I thought my life was fulfilled,  did I realize my prized castles were made of sand?  only to get washed away by the sapphire waves              of the fathomless  ocean!                  How oblivious was I?     I didn't know where my treasure was,  the rare gem which only a fortunate can unearth from the depth of the ocean, like an ecstatic  diver finding exquisite pearls in the arabian sea,          I didn't realize who was waiting for me,  as if in a gossamer veil from an unforgettable distant past.         The nebulous past which beckoned me.         and who I was waiting for all my life -        like an ancient mariner awaits to sight                 a grassy island where he can harbour his ship!               Finally.. my love, I found you!            I found you the way I dreamed           about you in my fondest dreams.       You used to appear in my crimson dreams,       like a captivating fairy from my misty past,             just to disappear in obscurity!              I loved you when I didn't realize                         what love is!               Love...ultimate truth in life,     came tiptoeing, whispering...murmuring...tinkling        as if a drizzle of rain showered on us, a melody emanated from rhapsody of euphoric cuckoos,           an unbreakable bond was created.       no longer I am a lonely lost wandering traveller,           My castles are not made of sand any more! February 26, 2022 G - Give me a new poem - any form - Poetry Contest Sponsor: Constance La France Theme: Love FIRST PLACE Free Verse - Old or New Poetry Contest Sponsor: Joseph May