Marked
By: Green_Beauty

No longer am I a child,
No longer am I weak,
No longer am I naïve,
No longer am I innocent...

Everything is simple when you're a child,
When people would spell things out,
When others tried to protect you,
When ignorance was expected,
When your only worry was...
Did you even have worries then?

Yes, everything was easy,
A luxury I wish I could enjoy now.
But no, never will I regain that innocence...

For I have spilt too much blood,
I have learned too much of the outside world,
I have gained far too much righteousness to go back,
I can no longer ignore the calling to the world beyond.

She may try and give it back to me,
But the memories will forever leave their stain.
They will haunt me in my sleep,
Infect my very soul with its virus.

So now I am an adult,
So now I am strong,
So now I am intelligent,
So now I am marked
With three triangles of curse,
Warding off the innocence of my childhood,
So it will never return.