My dad always builds sandcastles at the beach,

In many shape and sizes,

When I was younger, I dreamed of building sandcastles as cool as my dad,

He told me, “you will build a sand castle like mine one day”,

And so I began working.

The weather was perfect,

I gathered my tools and started constructing,

A kid asks me what I’m doing, and I reply, 

“I’m making a castle” One that is as cool as my dad’s,

He tells me, “you can’t make a castle as cool as your dad’s”, “Start over, and do it differently.”

I broke the castle and tried again, 

I want to make it as cool as my dad’s,

No matter what though, it didn’t turn out like his,

And at the end of the day I’m left with nothing but a pile of sand,

My dad says, 

“you don’t need to make a sand castle just like mine”,

“The one you make is perfect and cool enough.”

I build one last sandcastle,

A simple bucket sand castle with a stick flag on top,

And when I stand back and see my work,

I am proud of what I built,

Because I did it my way.