The Death Of Innocence Poem by Christopher Tye

The Death Of Innocence

There is no innocence left in the world,
What little that was left died today,
Just when you think that the human race couldn't sink any lower,
Something so bad happens that you lose what little faith that was left.

How did we end up like this?
Hospitals being bombed on purpose,
Politicians gunned down in the street,
States killing civil rights by the backdoor.

Where has all the good and hope gone to?
Children and old people starving to death in this technological age,
Riots in the streets for no real purpose,
Terrorists using religion to justify their means.

Where did the dream of utopia die?
Governments abandoning those in need,
Countries seizing parts of other countries,
Governments ousted by coalitions of countries.

Where will all this end?
Do we have to continue to tread this path,
Murdering each other and waging war wantonly,
Destroying everything that should make us human.

When did we lose our humanity?
Was it when the twin towers fell?
Was it when Syria's hospitals were targeted?
Was it when politicians weren't safe in small towns?

The death of innocence will leave a bleak world,
Children afraid to go to school because of bigots,
Old people afraid to go shopping because of thugs,
People of all creeds and kin's so afraid of each other that trust and understanding died.

By Christopher Tye