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Innocence

Heart pounding
Tears flooding every nook and cranny
Slicing, screaming through the halls
My mind is
Twisting, churning, burning
I can feel it
This new awakening
Growling, biting, barking
Fear is the air I breathe
And I'm surely suffocating

Funny how the innocent
Get sucked in prematurely
Murderers, rapists, sadists
All from those once happy
Craving what was stolen
Crying, begging, pleading
For an ounce of innocence
They once had in surplus
So easily stolen
But never obtained

So listen
Closely, carefully
Hold onto it, every bit
Don't be a fool and give it away
Now run
faster, higher
You've been spotted
They want it badly
An innocent can only lose
Never gain