Age of Innocence

A time so simple
Yet unrealized until harder times.
A place where one can only reach
Through the notes of a song
That wraps your heart in sweetness
But breaks it all the same
Because it taunts of a time
When smiles were free
And decisions second nature.
When worries were few
And consequences something you could not forsee.
So as your mind brings you back
And breaks your heart
By suffocating it in the lack of simplicity
That your life has become,
Smile as it cracks
And be happy that in this moment
Both Pleasure and Pain
Come from a moment that few know or understand.
And once again they are free
And felt with more emotion
Than those times
You had to PAY to feel.

**A piece written in college while listening to 'Tiny Dancer'**