Castles We Build

I see the pattern in the snow

I watch it change

I watch you go

You walk over this barren land

You crush the ice –

The castles of this bleached white sand

Everything we tried to build

You seem forgetful of the cost

But then again

All we ever really built

Is a home –

This home of frost.

Waiting to be torn by wind

Waiting for the snow to rescind

Waiting to see you leave and then,

It’s never long, you’re back at it again

Forgetful, forgotten

Forgetting the cost,

Shouldn’t have made homes of frost.

You’ll do it again

You’ve done it before

Everything you promised for

All is gone – there’s nothing left

There’s nothing left here anymore.