Lost Innocence

The world around us is ever changing and in this fast paced life we hardly ever pause to reflect on our state of existence. Some day we look at the mirror and see a stranger staring back at us. The innocent child with his wondrous view of the world is lost in the face of the harsh realities of life ...

Born in the land of snow, amidst the white expanse pristine

Pure of sin, glittering with innocence melted on to a new course

With a clear conscience reflecting all that passed on my way

Gaining speed & souvenirs through newly discovered lands I grew

En-route my journey, picking up debris I was no longer as clean

Encountering obstacles, rocks, mountains, trees, weakening my force

Passing through towns, facing resistance, they turned my path away

Soiling me, wailing & protesting I stood as trash onto me they threw

Changing my colour, muddied the spotless walls of my soul have been

Trying to dissolve in me the dirt, siphoning it, purifying their source

Freeing them from the pain, the blood and grim is within me going to stay

On a lone voyage to rid the world of troubles, a mission with a one man crew

I trudge on ahead on my duty, even with the world acting eternally mean

Flowing along bear witness to sins waiting patiently for signs of remorse

Trying to influence, bringing back on course all who have gone astray

Being the constant companion in the hardships all their life through

Going my way, the dirtiest and worst of the world I have now seen

Slowing me down, this bruising & beating passage, has been all too coarse

Mourning my inability to fight their battles I long for hope and a better day

How all this is affecting me and darkening my clear self they have no clue

Surrounded by the dregs, worst of the world, tragedy I have foreseen

I have been trying to caution them, shouting warnings till I go hoarse

My heart filled with pain, for their enlightenment every day I pray

For I can’t protect them forever, I am destined to end in the sea deep blue.