Innocence

Do you see the same beauty when you notice the sun through the leaves today?
Do you still feel afraid when when you are walking and you lose your way?
Do you still count the stars, give up and sleep ?
Do you still lay by your phone and wait for a message beep?

Why don't we feel the tingle now when a lover is about to kiss?
Why don't we run out in joy when a teacher says, 'class dismiss?
Why don't we feel enough pain to let love go away?
Why don't we tell a friend, 'Don't leave me alone, stay?

Innocence is the answer to all the questions I ask.
We have so much of everything that we forget to bask
In the small things of life which once had so much meaning,
We hold a dusty conscience which needs healthy cleaning

So today as you walk, watch the green leaves glimmer,
Venture into unknown places, till the lights get dimmer.
Try to count the stars as eyelids flutter and  slowly close
Wait for a loved one's message, as the bud waits to become a rose

Slowly kiss someone you love, like its your first kiss
Dash out of the class when you're told, 'Class dismiss'.
Hold your lovers hand and tell them you still love them as they sadly walk away
Tell your friend as they leave the room, ' I need you now, Don't go...stay'

Then smile to your self, the joy is immense
Find yourself visited each day by your innocence.