Mine
BY LILIAN MOORE
I made a sand castle.
In rolled the sea.
“All sand castles
belong to me—
to me,”
said the sea.
I dug sand tunnels.
In flowed the sea.
“All sand tunnels
belong to me—
to me,”
said the sea.
I saw my sand pail floating free.
I ran and snatched it from the sea.
“My sand pail
belongs to me—
to ME!”
Lilian Moore, “Mine” from I Feel the Same Way (New York: Atheneum, 1967). Copyright © 1967 by Lilian Moore. All Rights Renewed and Reserved. Used by permission of Marian Reiner.
Source: A Jar of Tiny Stars (1995)