Jeanne Mcgee Poet Haibun

Sand Castles

Go out to the ocean to build your house of sand.  It is as strong as your
house in the city where you leave at 6 just as the stars are saying good-bye
So much to do on a list that never ends yet not a thing is built to last in a gust
of wind.  Come home when it's dark, put the keys on the table.  It's time for a
vacation from this house of no cards.  Go out to the ocean to play in the sand.
Pack a bag, leave your nowhere days behind you in the dark of night.

ocean breathes new life
city struggles blind efforts
sand castle topples

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Caren Krutsinger June 21, 2019 at 7:24 AM What a gorgeously heart-felt, empathic haibun. You were reading my mind when you wrote it. I leave for work at six, and when I return, I am usually too tired to fully enjoy my home. I need to go out to the ocean and play in the sand more. Jeanne Mcgee June 21, 2019 at 8:01 AM I think it is because I now live by the ocean and am revived daily by the rhythms of the sea...I was comparing to my days of before..Thank you Caren

Alkas Poetry June 21, 2019 at 3:01 AM I live by the sea, but i never enter in it. I like most walking on the sand thinking and making poetry... What a lovely soundly poetry my dear friend. Salute alkas Jeanne Mcgee June 21, 2019 at 8:02 AM Alkas, I live where there are some calm seas so I can enjoy a dip when the water is warm. But I too love to walk and think and make poetry there. Thank you for your kind words. Jeanne