What Happened to Innocence

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I can remember simpler days. Playing with my friends. The sweet smell of the
freshly cut lawn, the dew on the petal of a flower after the rain. Teasing
little girls with pony tails. Running through fields with reckless abandon,
the family dog nipping at our heels. Joyous times of swimming in a lake.

Daydreaming for hours on end of conquests and journeys undiscovered. Pondering
the sunset and stars at night. Eating hot dogs till you swear you'd burst.

Looking at the vastness of the universe and wondering where God lived.
Wondering if He knew where you where. Such simple times full of wonder and joy.

What happened to these times? Where did we take a different road? How is it
we did not notice the scenery change? Somehow we became different. When did
anger replace joy? When did love slip away into hatred? Listen to the sound.
What do you hear? Thousands upon thousands of screaming voices, with no one to
listen. Voices crying out to be heard, anyone, somewhere, can you hear me?

Yet who will hear? I want to know what love is. Can you show me? I want you
to know me. I want you to show me. What love is.

Too many innocent people left us before their time. Too many dreams
unfulfilled. Too many conquests never met. Love never to be made.

What happened to innocence?

Dedicated to all children who have lost this precious gift

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4/17/07