Innocence

This innocence is brilliant
I hope that it will stay
This moment is perfect
Please don't go away
I need you now
And I'll hold on to it
Don't you let it pass you by

It's a state of bliss, you think you're dreaming
It's the happiness inside that you're feeling
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry

Innocence- Avril

Slipping on her ballet slippers, wearing a leotard and mesh flowing skirt. Twirling around a couple of times, a few positions, and maybe a small leap or two. It transformed a tomboy into a sweet and graceful girl. What innocence!

Running through an open field of knee high grass that would trip us, sending us rolling down a slight hill. Wearing mixed matched sweat pants and sweatshirts. Playing on the ground, looking up at the clouds, giggles filling the air. Making sweet little crowns from flowers. What innocence!

Getting high off of chocolate cake, eating cookie dough from the roll with spoons, and creeping quietly down stairs in the middle of the night, avoiding the creaky steps. What innocence!

Sitting in a room, next to her mother, listening to her slowly pick notes out on a beautiful black piano. Just another piano lesson. Slowly, she picks up on the notes quicker, and with a little encouragement, and a short amount of time, she plays those simple notes, and complex chords with agility. What innocence!

But those ballet shoes and leotard turned to high heels, a suit, and a court room.

Those flower crowns and sweat suits turned to makeup and pom poms.

Now when we sneak, its not down steps, its in our individual lives. Around the truth and reality of life.

And that beautiful piano music no longer can be heard. For we are all grown up, and innocence no longer exists.

We went our own paths. True, we are still best friends and sisters of fate, but so different we are. She grew up. And so did I. Matured beyond our years.

Child like innocence. Gone. Swept away on a breeze, burned away by the sun, suppressed by the darkness, washed away by tears.

What innocence?