Many people build castles of sand
Far to close to the water\'s edge
So it washes away
By the end of the day
I built mine from snow
It was far more beautiful to me
That something so cold
could be sculpted at all
Pure white towers stand tall
Sparkle in the sunlight
With me on the throne
And, 1 by 1, I watched everyone\'s castle\'s fall
Washed away in tides
And I laughed because I found it funny
They loose their castles
And rebuild again
Add channels
In vain attempts to redirect the water
Add walls to stop it
While my castle still stands
Unmelting in the cold
Beautiful in the sun
But, as time went, the beauty faded
The snow got dirty over the years
The castle got bigger
Never fell
The outside was ice encrusted
I never understood or trusted
All those people building
All these sand castles
Washing away around me
Some of them paired up
Built them bigger and more beautiful
But no one wants to come into an ice palace
So I began to think of something better
But similar
And started my renovations
New expansions
From panes of glass
As towers finally began to melt
I rebuild them in glass
Glass can\'t melt
Glass can\'t wash away
I keep telling myself people will come now
Visit the glass castle
Shimmering in the sunlight
While the core remained of ice and snow
The closer you got
The colder it got
So no one went to far inside
Not aloud
When it opened up I didn\'t let them
For fear they would run away
People did come
They loved the glass exterior castle
Said it was beautiful
Most didn\'t ask of care
About the rooms I didn\'t show
The few I trusted enough to show them to
They all said they were ugly
How dare I have this dirty icy core
In this beautiful glass castle
Or they fought before we ever got close to them
Fearing the cold they were starting to feel
Wishing to only see the warmth
Of the brightly lit glass rooms
And many of those ones left
Forgetting that those cold rooms
Used to be beautiful too
Over time the glass chipped, broke
Cracked, shattered
Were replaced
As I realized this was a bad idea
As I realized just how fragile...
I had forgotten that cold makes glass crack
So often...I put up new glass
Through panes and pains
Thicker...Thicker around the icy core
Where I sat...alone...
And around me castles of sand
Built and washed away
Over and over
They never...learn...
So I thought
As they grouped together they built faster
They built stronger
But I didn\'t need that
Mine doesn\'t fall
Mine is beautiful
Mine in permanent
And mine...
Mine is cold...so cold...
People came and went
Time cracked and shattered
Less saw the core
Time didn\'t melt it
The towers were just getting bigger
My palace, more maze-like
I realize to late
Building from snow...
In the first place was a mistake
But it\'s to late now
To fix it or change it
I was so afraid...of it washing away...
Everyone I\'ve wanted to see it
Thought maybe they could help melt this mistake
Or at least could understand
They only recoiled from the cold
Before we even got there...
So now I\'m here
I built this castle
And now I\'m trapped on the throne.