"Dreams of Sand"

Lonely soul on a lonely land

I stood looking at the castles on sand

Those tiny hands that shaped those structures

Were far from the reality of some dreaded creatures

As I looked at those creative monuments

There flashed in my mind few bygone moments

Of how my eyes had dreams of building such castles

Those fairy-tale efforts of  winning through all hassles

But alas! Again and again rebuilt that structure
A dying hope I tried endlessly to protect and nurture

Little I thought how foolish I had been to shape with my hand

A castle so close to my heart, a dream-dwelling made-up of sand!

The sea of destiny doesn't foretell its upcoming tide
The waters of time are too powerful to let the homeless hide

Destined to be destroyed, now or later, are these sandy houses

To be washed away by a dawn are the dreams of such sleepy lashes!

~ UmmHashir Firdaus