She was eighteen.

She was eighteen.
I was approaching twenty-five,
closing in on seven years bad luck.
Never did I fool myself,
knowing that every few years a reflection shatters,
and broken pieces are left to be cleaned up.
It is important to find
the differential in conversation
between adult and child.

As we are life, young life
is only a little less prepared
to comprehend the fact that
many answers will evade us.
Effect is a noun.
Affect is most commonly a verb.
Maybe that is why we become jaded.
Maybe that is why we use the word innocence.
Children hope to find a wisdom
that they believe adults hold.
After so long children will begin
to seek their own wisdom.