I Miss...

The long-lost innocence

Of a child

When pain was

Just a scraped knee

When tears only ever fell

Because it was too early

To go to bed

When broken meant

A toy had lost a leg

Before pain was

Heartbreak

Before tears were

Constant

Before broken meant my

Crushed

Shattered

Destroyed

Soul

Why did I

Ever want to grow up?

Why did I have to lose

That beautiful innocence?

I wish

I could turn back

The clock

And treasure every moment

Instead of wishing

The future

Was then