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Innocence
Innocence is painted across your face,
dimpled and bright eyed,
so oblivious to the rest of the world
But nothing lasts forever because days turn to weeks
weeks to months,
months to years and suddenly
you’re not so little anymore
Suddenly, the monsters under your bed
are actually your best friends in disguise
and Prince charming has tendency to
chase all of the girls other than you
Suddenly daddy can’t rock you anymore,
and mommy’s too tired to sing you to sleep
Nothing is made up of simple black and white lies,
like best friends forever and that life always
ends in happily ever after
You’re trying to hold on to the simple things
that always end up flying away
and you keep on wishing for the sky to be blue instead of gray,
or that you just had one right thing to say
Darling, keep your chin up and don’t turn back,
‘cause they don’t know you like that
and I know life’s been upside down lately
because you’re starting to realize that
sometimes fairy tales may not always come true
But stop and take a breath,
count to ten just like mommy taught you,
and understand that things will get better
Even if you can’t stay innocent forever
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