Sandboni
We bring it all to the beach
Our buckets and chairs,
Our sunscreens and sand toys,
Our coolers and beers.
A day in the sun
To relax and to play
To linger and laugh
To swim and to wade
Then the sandman comes
When the day’s long gone
He lights his lamp
In the impending dawn.
Back and forth in the moonlight
On his tractor he rides
He picks up the litter our lives leave behind
And wipes our slates clean as the sun starts to rise.
We carry it all to the shore
Our worries, our strife
Our frustrations our angers
The disappointments of life.
They hide behind smiles
They bake in the sand
They rise up with the waves
Then crash and expand
Then the sandman comes
When the night’s almost gone
He lights his lamp
In the impending dawn.
Back and forth in the moonlight
On his tractor he rides.
He picks up the litter our lives leave behind
And wipes our slates clean as the sun starts to rise.
Lisa Alleman
3.15.26