Innocence Lost

When we were young till we were nine,

Hours, minutes, seconds were fine,

The days were simply sped away,

With toys and games and friends to play;

From morn till dusk, early till late,

No cares, no worries about fate,

Life was simple, not good or bad,

Just sometimes happy, sometimes sad;

Then childish thoughts did slowly fade,

As new discoveries were made,

And Innocence did go away,

When Adulthood came by to stay.