Trevor and the Magnificent Beach

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Trevor’s sandcastle is a mansion with parapets,
and big enough for a child of ten
to walk around a few rooms
as if a giant.

Trevor has always been good at construction.
Lego sets were mere playthings
in his lithe and supple hands
and with them he would build monuments
to favourite media that caught his
gaze and attention as a child.

Replicae of a dumpy spaceship from an old PC game,
hoverboards for his action men toy figures
as well as the phone box from Bill & Ted,
Trevor loved films around the sci-fi fantastic.

His beach jaunt is his latest foray,
into finding his footing in healing fractured psyche
and figuring out future prospects.

Could he be a sandcastle engineer?
Sure. He could…but…
Did he want to?
What were his wants?
What bubbled to the surface during those moments
of serene clarity, when he was sat in the sun
in large fields of green and yellow waving crop.

Trevor had yet to find out but he would try
and attempt and pursue and evaluate.

Building sandcastles on this tremendous beach
was a good day.
The sun baked and the sea lapped,
and Trevor smiled.
This was a good day, but not a forever day.
His search continues.