Friday, January 21, 2022

The Lost of Innocence

The soft laughter of children floats through

the window looking out on the playground.

Pure innocent delight, what a lovely sound.

 No worries, no cares, outside of space and time

 unless a stumble and scraped knee intrudes 

 fixing the moment, breaking the rhythm.

Run home to Mommy to clean the cut,

she always calm,  always in control.


Do you remember the moment

you discovered  that no one was in charge,

that the skin of nature was scraped

beyond all repair?


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