January 18, 2004

Shining Heart
by: EJ

The age of innocence,

Coloring aimlessly for hours, in the biggest of coloring books,

Watching cartoons in the early hours of the day,

Chasing each other around the merry-go-round,

Giggling at everything, just simply enjoying life,

Being interested in everything,

Being ignorant and clueless,

Those were the days,

But as you get older,

There is the age of realization,

And for some like me its an ugly sight,

The world is full of misery and cruelty,

Happiness and love diminish,

Greed and power take over,

We all seem to become robots,

With no compassion or self-respect,

Where do we lose sight of it all,

Why do we become so consumed in what we do,

Rather than living life to its fullest,

What happened to enjoying what we do,

What happened to being curious of why something is the way it is,

Perhaps the adult world should find away,

To make our past a part of the present,

We should let our inner-child's heart shine again.