john tiong chunghoo - 1. Sandcastle

Little children cheery
Whitish teeth amid
Chuckling faces
Little hands, little legs
Sunburnt sandblazed faces
On windswept beach
A sandcastle taking shape
Each tap, each chuckle
A new feat done
The rolling sea
Playing rhythm to
The orchestration
Of a dream carved
In the stars and the moon
Sandcastle in a sandwall
A tiny little muddy pool
At the edge
Little boys and girls
Shaping their future on the beach
Their parents playing cheerleaders

SECOND VERSION
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Little children cheery
Pearly teeth dazzling
lighting up their smiles
Little hands, little legs
piling up the sand on
windswept beach
A sandcastle taking shape

Each tap, each chuckle
A new feat done
The rolling sea
Plays rhythm to
The orchestration
Of a dream carved
In the stars and the moon

Sandcastle in a sandwall
A tiny little muddy pool
At the edge
Little boys and girls
Shaping their future on the beach
Their parents playing cheerleaders

john tiong chunghoo

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