Complete the sentence/ similie?

Question

writing a story and need some help. feel free to be as creative as you like, or make other suggestions. Thank you.

Complete the sentence:

My carefully constructed illusion was blown away by the winds of time like______.

Answer 1

Like the tired wind blowing the leaves off the trees.  

Answer 2

My carefully constructed illusion was blown away by the winds of time like waves washing over a sandcastle.

Answer 3

sand in torrential winds.

Answer 4

popcorn from a movie theater floor

Answer 5

And just as speculated vitality fades to fossil and eroded sediment, my carefully constructed illusion was blown away by the winds of time.