five minute friday: build

When I was young I used to build

Great castles in the sky.

And no expense did I e'er spare - 

In pleasing my mind's eye.

When I grew some I tried to build

A lauded life for me.

But the foundation that I poured

I found vain and empty.

And now I've grown a little more

And start to understand

That building blocks of clouds and praise

Evade my feeble hand.

Instead I find life's building blocks

From humbler origins come -

They're hewn from giving up my life

And kept in place by love.

five minute friday: Writing for five minutes on a theme. Skip the edits. Skip the considerations. Just write. And post.