She looks out to the open sea
where longing waves crash onto shore.
A child thinking, yet carefree-
the urge to grow, the want of more.

A pull of currents from the deep,
a stirring breeze beneath a palm...
a contemplative time to reap
this moment, serious and calm.

So many castles made of sand,
so many more that she will build.
She turns and looks back towards the land.
She'll strive to see her sea fulfilled...

with each new dawn and timely day
until her youth's a sunset's glow.
She giggles in a childlike way.
There's so much more she'll come to know.