Do you ever miss the perpetual innocence
of before, when the world was an illusion
of colorful whispers and nothing seemed as
exhilarating as what was coming next.

For next was a new thought, a footstep into
the unknown as we didn't know, didn't realize  
what was a randomness of a world so huge
to our surroundings.

We took everything in and kept hold of it,
unknown to bringing a smile in a time unthought.
But never knowing it would be needed further
down those long travelled tracks of time.