II. Castles

He picked a small pebble
out of the sand and
skipped it once twice
thrice the waves crashed
against his feet as the
sand covered them exposing
the small skipping stones
that lay underneath the
surface of the water is another
world of creatures big and
small children laugh and play
in the sand building castles
out of nothing using only
bare hands and imaginations
they create a world
that only they can see die when
the waves drown the small pebbles
again burying them
from his sight.

III. The Tree

14 years ago I ran
to the tree that
had begun to crumble in
the present sat on
the ground surrounded by
a hard brown shell
where the little seeds of life
grew from the death of
the old tree.