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Castles Made of Sand

Donald P. Goodman III

Version 1.0 (20 October 1202)

Like castles made of sand, enthusiasm stands,

our feelings battlements erected by a child,

who strongly, confidently shapes the shifting sands,

his powerful imagination running wild.

Yet ever comes the sea, its constant, endless wave

destroying all he built before the close of day;

by then, the child himself cares not his house to save,

untethered, wild attention gone another way.

Our feelings are the child, his castle made of sand;

some fun, but meaningless, and fickle is their sway!

Our principles are stone and iron on solid land,

and they alone the mighy sea can e'er withstand.

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