NATURE   SCHOOL’S 

Striding along  the  beach   aimlessly

Glancing  at  my footprints washed away

Naively  stepped  aside built  sand  houses

Boasting of   my   making   powers .

Flat across the sands  I lay  stretching

Expectations soaring  high and mighty

In smug feeling of  vague  falsity

Duping  myself in to  believing .

Fantasying  permanence that never was

Sojourning in  world  of  imagination

Like  blissfully ignorant country  girl

Exposed  newly to city bred life

Fervently mumbling  sincere ejaculations,

And  as if  strictly adhering   to   decorum

Waters too  refrained   from encroachment

Hours lapsed   eventually  ending joys .

While ebbing  tides had  assisted

Rising     tides    quickly   rushed

Ruthlessly dashing down  my sand house

Salty tears  rolled  onto  salty sea  mingled .

Disappointed , Transience is  Permanent

A lesson  hard  but  well  and  truly  learnt.