Innocence Lost
Copyright © 1992 by Fred Mitchell

A morning, a dead morning ago

    I awoke in the dead of the winter's cold

And surrounded by chilling ice

    frost that penetrates to the bone

      waves of rue to entice

And there, did I stand

    As a stilled monument caught all alone

      Whereas the warmth, the deep-seated warm blood

        that coursed my veins

          began to wan



And in the days of my innocent youth, I ran free, only to kiss the sky and watch the birds fly. But little did I realize that the Revenge of Serenity would be at my throat, choking away any vestige of divinity that lay within. A flash, an in consequential blink, a flicker of light across the mind to cross the bridge from gaiety to mourn, a feckless character to one with Intent and Purpose, only to lose the big brown innocent eyes to scorn. Yea, I was once free as the proverbial bird in the sky, free to roam the hills and knolls, the valleys and span the ocean, only now to be caught fast coated with an evil and black sticky lotion. I fall, I fall fast from the Sky of Innocence, only to plunge into the depths of the sea, caught like a fly.


Did we whisper at night of all the silent dreams

    To flood the minds with hope so great

      of a future untainted and clean?

Did we awake to the dawn of light

    Tendrils splashing upon our brow

      an omen of a bright and sunny flight?

How could we have known,

    How could we have known

      of the eclipse to foreshadow all

        the isolation that we bemoan?

Did the feckless chatter throughout the night

    Beckon the Gods of vengeful Plight?

Alone, in the backdrop, pearly tears so ugly

    stream from my big brown eyes

      clinging to my cheeks so snugly

Alone, in the heat of winter

    did I fall from my frozen stance

      striking the snow with such force

        that caused me to shatter and splinter

My mind, lost

    no longer a child

      feeling its way on the dusty ice

        seeking relief at any cost

My soul, caught in a whirlwind of fury

    With Evil impugned on the very hearth

      Furnace that burns with intense anger

        consuming all that was left in the dowry

My mind, found, but with Intent

    Seeking the causal link

      Seeking a focal point

        for the indestruction to vent

And overnight a transformation so eerie

    For as once a eagle did I fly

      only to become

        a vulture so leery

But I shall not wait for Death,

    as was advised by the Wise,

      but on blackened wings in the easterly thermals

        shall I rise

My prey shall be the causal link

    that profaned the gaiety

My victim shall be the focal point

    that lost serenity

The blow shall be swift and untraceable

    like a stealth creature adrift

      whose trail and scent are easily

        erasable

The blood shall splatter and run down the spine

    soaking the filth

      with the fluid of a million souls

        fed upon in ways so sublime

And yes, I, too shall die

    For I am already dead

      For the Blood of Innocence was lost

        Every since I was shot down

          from the sky.



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