Where has the innocence gone?

the carefree days
when time was merely a word
and tears came only from laughter

what is the lesson we are to take from this world?
a world that dismisses our feelings
showing no empathy
a world so beautiful
so painful

Where has the innocence gone?
the days of make believe
and dreams of the future
the days we were invincible

As we grow
it seems those memories fad
for the process of growing
teaches us those memories
could only be imaginative

that our warrior castles
were only chairs covered in sheets
and our armor
merely cardboard and tape

Oh how I long
for the simplicity of those days
the comfort of endless hope
and possibilities