Innocence Lost
Can innocence lost
Be ever returned
Or a heart, tainted and broken
Be cleansed, made whole once more?
Can a tree, longing for summer's warmth
Summon its leaves from cold autumn grounds
To return to naked branches
That it may feel joyful and alive again?
Can a child, disillusioned
Relive broken dream
Changing fate
To find naivety return?
Can joy be had in innocence lost
Or beauty be discovered, resting in sadness?
When birth of spring and warmth of summer pass by
Till all that remains is the still and quiet of winter
Will warmth be rekindled?
Copyright © Elizabeth Gasperecz | Year Posted 2009
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