Surrendering Innocence
Leaving kids locked up in the car,
Mom’s shopping ignorant to the
Horn screeching for the world to
Hear each whisper and gasp, a
Baby honking the horn just to
Get us to listen that our lives
Have become like thunderstorms,
No rest for the sky to split,
No time for sun to set,
No rhyme to change the
Scheme to exchange innocence
For beach breezes where little
Toddlers running naked on the
Beach isn’t deemed as cute anymore
But an injustice, for us
Who can speak for the unborn
As if someone has drowned them
Out with convenience as if
Responsibility doesn’t apply
To me, has this become our
Geography, our terrain in our
Brain, thinking and meddling
Over how much money we’re
Willing to pay to get a three year
Old a businessman’s pleasure
A locked up cage, a robot
Mechanism twisting bolts
And washers, petting and
Surrendering innocence
As the lavender soap has
Absorbed dirt under each
Clear fingernail, no longer
Pure white after the dirt has
Sunk in, and isn’t this just
The beginning, mud soaking
Puddles, a surrendering of
Innocence, no more children
With free spirits just toddlers
Who have lost goggles in the
Deep end, can’t search the ocean
Floor anymore, can’t splash in
The rain anymore, you must
Be swept away with a world
That will use you for their
Selfish pleasure and how
Long have we had the
Upper hand, how long
We’ve had to understand
That making things right
Should keep us at night,
That trafficking needs
Some red lights and those
Districts need sunset splits
And angels emptying heaven
For hoping in him is a surrender
To destroy all in the way of
Innocence, true repentance and
True punishment for those
That ignore his presence,
And this is the essence of
The problem, embracing
The surrender to innocence,
Keeping it pure, keeping the
Little sister spoken for
Before its too late, before
Corrupt men still hate what is
Light, consumed by flames
Of fire and fire in his eyes,
Endless sulfur, endless burn,
Is your little perversity worth
Eternity, is staying silent worth
Serenity, or will you raise your
Voice, will you and I make the
Right choice.