when did we lose our innocence

Do you ever look at old cigarettes on the side of the road on a rainy day
Who's pain stained lips kissed them so sweetly
Who's sorrow strung lungs felt a smoke so bitter
a burn so gray

Broken glass shards of a shattered heart
Pierce their insides
Swallowing sadness
Exhaling vain

I watch

As blue birds dance so gently amongst cement edges
To my left a flame in the finger of adolescence
At what age is your innocence
Stripped away

When did our skies turn to gray
And our dreams appear less vivid
Why did love become less lovely
And trust replace with lust

Once souls now turned to sorrows
Once kisses learned to scar
I wonder if mom would have the band aid
To heal a broken heart