All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Innocents in Darkness
People tend to fear purity
They fail to value inexperience
But know that it’s their insecurity
That makes them so imperious
We think violence can be heroic
No matter what we’re told
Our youngest are the stoics
Who know we must uphold
True courage, which comes with sensitivity
Empathy and encouraged creativity
People complicate things
What we need is simplicity
People shouldn’t drive to be kings
But be happy with domesticity
The only One to rule
Is one that’d hate nothing more than just that
All others are fools
That force themselves to combat
Innocence with aggression
Lightness with darkness
This grave misimpression
Enlightens the starkness
Of innocents forced
Into a perilous position
A sinister course
An essential mission
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 8 comments.
Very well done! I definitely do not think you are bad poet like you commented. This piece is wonderful.
If you'd like to strengthen your poems, make sure you're piercing the reader with strong images. Relay your message with words that work together to put an moving image in the reader's mind (which you did here). Huzzah.