Innocence was Youth

Growing up sucks.

Innocence is Youth

and, to tell you the truth,

Youth isn't Immortal,

there is no fountain,

only Life's mountain.

 

Innocence comes out to play

rolling and dancing in the day

her hair of white

shining in the golden sunlight

But in the night

Adult and Maturity come to fight

 

They take over Innocence's world,

her white world of happiness,

fill it with the grey

and the mundane

They fill Innocence's laughing happy mind,

with nothing but shame,

filth and grime.

 

Why is Innocence repremanded?

Why is Immortality a lie?

Instead of a grey, clouded sky,

can't we see the stars shine?

 

To tell you the truth,

Innocence was once Youth.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Underestimated]

so good. I love this so much.

[JanieB]

Innocence was once youth..lovely words and so aptly used. Good job!

[Lumière Dé..]

Amazing! The whole rhyming scheme is wonderful and the message of the poem is strong. Love this!

[Destinyxi]

I like how this is written and how you made Innocence, Adult and Maturity seem like actual characters :)

[MandaBear]

dont we all wish we could go back to the innocence of childhood. very thought provoking

[helix88]

I love it? and the fact that the questions make me think

[Forever Alone]

Great write, the age kids lose their innocence should be a lot highr than it is. Great write

[Sylvana]

Amazing and so true, not to mention that these days children have their innocence lost at even younger ages. *sighs*
Anyway, beautiful write. But then, your writing always is.

[The Surrealist inside ...]

Very nicely Put down ...
Keep up the good work ...

[Distant horizons]

Nicely done. For all i remember of my youth, it was enjoyable but highly over rated. Too much change at once.