Innocence...Gone

The playgrounds are barren now The trees have lost their zest for life Their colorful leaves buried long ago The sand in the sandbox is frozen Like the lost and forgotten smiles Of innocent youth in the art of play Ice melting on metal slides to the ground A majestic wind swings metal and wood Into a storm-threatening vengeful sky Wind subsiding merrily-go-roundly Spirited play at work in the minds Of those grieving murder of life Cries stifled as the wind picks up White blank sheets of paper Hanging in mid-air Miraculously transformed Angelic imagery blinding Tears overflowing kneeling and praying God's brethren cursing for their loss and agony God responding...angel flying away