Sand Thoughts

Timeless work of the mighty seas has made countless tiny friends like me

We cover the shore all around the lands,

Lie side by side though not really holding hands

We can lie for thousands of years in one place,

Or me moved back and forth with each rhythm and grace

Sometimes great storms with high winds and raging seas

Will move us for miles with the greatest of ease

We have been grains of sand for billions of years

Seen the most beautiful sunsets, the last dinosaur’s tears

 Some things we have seen make an uplifting score,

Feeling Jesus’ feet walk the Galilean shore

We have seen the shooting volcanoes and raging men’s war

Then we are told that there’s something more

Lying flat with our form uniquely mild

Come the imaginative mind of a child

In a couple of hours these tiny strong hands

Mold us into great castles instead of just grains of sand

Maybe life is that way when we think our days are flat,

To mold new castles and never look back

Yes, the sea comes each night and takes the castles away,

But that gives us an opportunity to build better ones this day

One castle a day shows gratitude for our care,

Find someone who hasn’t built one, show then God’s love is fair

Comments

[Sam]

This poem should be a picture book, what a great story to teach kids about the history of sand.