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Unknown to the Innocent

What a joyous moment
A child is born
She smiles for the first time;
But she doesn’t know
Pain, suffering, war, sorrow, crime
The horrors of our world

Her gentle laughter fills the air
And yet,
Elsewhere…
Someone is being murdered,
Someone’s committing suicide
A nation’s situation
Is considered homicide

Everywhere: pollution
With dreams of a resolution
Never to be
Still this child’s wide eyes
Are content and full of glee

Such innocence,
Soon to be corrupted
And soon to form opinions,
Smiles
Maybe it’s good to leave her be
Just for a little while