Prompt: Island

An island is surrounded on all sides by water. He learns when he is ten standard and so amazed. Imagine being surrounded by water. You would be rich. That's so wizard. ! Is that even possible? Can you imagine? Age is cruel though. It strips you of questions to ask; it gives you the harsh answers. You no longer require imagination. He knows now that being an island is simple, and possible, and terrible. You are surrounded everywhere by what is not yours, and what you can never have, but what you will always thirst for. It will kill you. You will choke on it. You will drown in it, but it will never be yours. All around you is life-giving sustenance, but you are a dead husk. On this island, you will build your castle.