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~Sweet Innocents!~

Full of ambitions and dreams but,growing up the only way you know how! From the Album Blue Cries!

By Jennifer CooleyPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
~Sweet Innocents!~
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

~Sweet innocents~

One little girl

No one like her

she ever knew

always in a place

where she felt she stood alone;

went out into the world One day

in search of her something...

Not knowing what she'd find

it was Not peace of mind.

chorus

Sweet innocents once true

what has become of you?

Sweet innocents once true

what has the world done

to You?

Her favorite color

and how to love

was all she knew

Now here she lives

in one room

with 3 people on the bed

and the rest on the floor,

together they share

the gift of Cockroaches and more...

Chorus (2nd version)

Sweet innocents once true

what has become of you?

Sweet innocents once true,

what has the World done to you?

Sweet innocents once true

what has become of you?

Dirty old sleeping bags

and scum filled sheets,

Gobs of spit with traces

of blood on the walls...

Rolling papers, used rigs

and beer bottles piled amongst it all,

No eating for days

to busy panning for their ways!

Chorus (1st version)

Sweet innocents once true

what has become of you?

Sweet innocents once true,

what has the world done to you?

Now she sits

and bangs her head against the wall

she's still trying to understand it all,

No going back to the way she ONCE WAS

For that one little girl there is nothing left

Just the crazy Haze of

the days to have come undone,

since she got up that One crazy Day

so Long ago and left!

Chorus (2nd version)

Sweet innocents Once true

What has become of you?

Sweet innocents Once true

what has the world done to you?

Sweet innocents Once true

what has become of you?

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About the Creator

Jennifer Cooley

I've been writing as long as I could hold a crayon! Remember writing my first story like it was yesterday at 5. I remember the details of the day, location, time, excitement & where the story was preserved for all time! Lots Born From That!

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