The day we lost our innocence
We woke up with open minds
Light hearts; our eyes grew wide
We walked with upright pride
Smiles that rarely shied away from anything
In our minds the world owed us everything
We did not take what had been given
We snatched what we deserved
We lived for the adventure
As if it had been the written word
We'd drink like no tomorrow
Shouting lyrics that depicted a sorrow
That we'd never really thought about
A type of pain we didn't know existed
That was someone else's reality
But not ours
Because we're young
No bad things do not happen to us
Because we're young
No people like us don't die
Because we're young
No we're not alcoholics, it doesn't count
Because we're young
No we don't need to worry
Not us
Because we're young
Shattered
The ice waiting to fall from the roofs edge on christmas day
The same ice that had been forming for weeks with a quiet malignancy,
allowing it to progress
The death of such beauty should be expected but rarely is
The sound is foreign to new ears
Interrupting perfect melody with sharp actuality
Reminding us that life ******* happens
No, life does not care if you are young or old
No, life does not care who your best friends are
or if you just saw them yesterday and they seemed okay.
No life will continue whether you're prepared or not
The day we lost our innocence,
Silence hung over the phone like a breath begging to be had
As if holding all our breaths together would somehow give one more to him