To survive me

I built castles after castles
That went one after the other
By their own weight and time.
I built them of sand, living on shores.
That is the fact I have known of late.
I haven’t left my efforts.
I now make footprints deep
In sand for them to survive me.
08.01.2007

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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