Ghosts of Sand Castles Past

We don't look alike

but it feels like

we can fit together

I've never been

sure of much

certain of uncertainty

I always try to make

homes with humans

I've had more sleepovers

than years of life

If I call you

Leslie, Abby, Allison

It doesn't mean

I've forgotten your name

It's just that like them

you talk of me leaving

as you walk away

I never wanted to leave

I just saw your discontent

your restless heart

your fickle identity

You were always tired

now you came round again

you feel fresh and new

but still so much omission

I keep telling myself

what you tell yourself

and waiting for more pieces

because I only have peace

when I'm putting me and you together

You are somedays the ocean

somedays the wave

other days the tide

you splash across my feet

at sunrise on the beach

of your hometown

then you ease back out

and I keep doing

the same thing

I've been doing since

I was built on the coast

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