INNOCENCE LOST

The devil inside me tries to reach out,

The darkness dwells, without a doubt-
It appeals to my senses to accept its presence,
Slowly eroding the walls of moral conscience..

The conflicts, the questions, that were once so grave,

Now seemed trivial, scruples unable to create a thought-provoking wave,

Decisions, once spontaneous, underlining child-like innocence,

were now shrouded with WISDOM-a bit of experience and a lot of pretence..

Complexities carved their way into the world that was simple,
Principles that once formed the base were now starting to crumble-
Relationships that were built with the pillars of trust,
Lost out to the deceit, lay aside- collecting dust..

“Forgive and Forget”-a cliché often said,
was difficult to realize and even harder to implement.
Dreams unfulfilled, years of toil in vain,
Addiction came calling, an excuse to bury the pain..

Priorities changed, so did the people I knew,
Loads of people around, but true relationships were few-
CHANGE-inevitable, took what I had cherished most,
The darkness remained, and the INNOCENCE was LOST..