Things to know about Sand

why do you have to make everything poetic?

why do you have to romanticize?

ok let’s talk about something simple,

without connecting it to people.

And now we’re talking about sand,

and there is so much we can talk about....

thousands of beaches, and so many deserts,

around septillion grains, (but the stars are a still lot more)

time slipping like grains of sand through our hands,

or sand rushing through the hourglasses in shelves or stands.

One day I’ll try that Turkish sand coffee,

and and you know sandblasting is a thing,

is happiness really sand-castles?

or maybe let’s not talk about that,

I'll try, and for once, I'll just stay on the facts,

but you know, of all these things

what really touched me was when Anakin said,

“I don’t like sand, its coarse, rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.”

~AS, 2025

backstory:

I wrote this poem commenting on myself, sometimes I wonder why I have to overthink or think of scenarios or romanticise simple moments and things, and this is a conversation I think I would have if someone points it out and this is what I'll answer :)