Lost Child

There is so much trouble in the world, it's hard to find what finally makes us crack.

The world is such a troublesome place
So much judgment, so much pain
We go through a great struggle everyday
But what's the one thing
That gaurantees we'll never be the same?

We're gleeful children
Playing in the yard
Clueless, innocent little kids
Who love being caught off guard

We're fascinated "big kids"
Just discovering the world
Curious about every nook and cranny
Seeing reality unfurled

We're confused preteens
Starting to notice the bad
We see what we've lost
What we've never had

We are lost teenagers
No longer seeing the good
We are starting to falling apart
We want to stay the same, if we could

We're broken souls
Knowing sadness like no other
We can't be the children we were
Because someone pulled away the covers

We're dead bodies
Skin decorated in scars
We finally gave up
Our innocence all gone

I wonder what the last straw was
I wonder what finally made me crack
I wonder what forced me get to the point
Where there was no coming back

Author's Note

We are just lost children, ruined by society.

Reviews

[Blackcatattack]

As a young person I found this easy to relate to. The transition throughout it was very well done.

[Pbrgrim]

We become lost when society begins to attack is with false information and distorted view points. I liked the overall journey from begining to end

[Artiste de Mots]

Exactly. It really is sad, that people are so caught up in targeting people for differences that they just create a broken society and another upset generation. Thank you

[Pbrgrim]

We all must realize if it was an eye for an eye world we all would be blind by now. Love is the key

[Artiste de Mots]

I find it odd that, as humans, that when we do not understand the universe, we explore and study, but when it's a human, we dismiss and shun, rather than attempt to understand. Why we hate, rather than accept and love, I still don't know

[the dude]

Now the sheep have lost their protection; now you can wake up, FEEL the wasteland ... and taste it.

awesome piece!! 90!

[Artiste de Mots]

Precisely.

Thank you so much!

[Mina]

And yeah I forgot to mention the title
Its soo catchy nd intense
'Lost child'

[Artiste de Mots]

Thanks!

[Mina]

The last stanza is magnificent :)
And my favourite line is 'skin decorated in scars ' theres a kind of oxymoron which creates deep imagery

[Artiste de Mots]

Thank you! That's exactly what I was going for. (Oh, and sorry to respond so long after you first reviewed it).

[Sami Khalil]

"I wonder what the last straw was
I wonder what finally made me crack
I wonder what forced me get to the point
Where there was no coming back"
A very good poem. I like the ending the most...:)

[Artiste de Mots]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[N.J.W]

It defiantly leaves deeper thought and show"s plenty of emotion

[Artiste de Mots]

Thank you. That's what I was aiming for :)