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Once Before

May 23, 2016
By cristina21 BRONZE, Atascadero, California
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I was once innocent,
knowing nothing.
Completely in the dark.
All I wanted to do was play in the park.
Bask in the sun,
and come home with sunburned cheeks.
Noon was the golden hour.

Now things are different.
Now the times have changed.
Never stopping to sleep,
for at night we never dream.
In daylight never showing.
For there was an innocence lost in the night,
captured and stolen.

© Rosanna S., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:

Ever since high school started, I have noticed poeple, including myself, alter views I once had. I think the evolution in the mind of a teenager is amazing. 

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