Childish Longing

A childhood longing

In vain persists

Of freedom known

Once, but lost hence

Over the tides of time

A deep yearning

Of that bygone

Feeling

The stigma that yet

Hangs over us,

Paragon of all evil

Portends what we must

All become.

A foreshadow, a presage

An omen

Of impending misfortune

Surrounds us

Hope yet there still is

To gain that

Child-like simplicity

And free us

From our impending dooms

A wish that remains

Unfulfilled

Of a childish longing

In vain.