Streetlights

Streetlights flicker,
children whisper,
And then a scream.

I turn to see,
and hear a giggle
from that same child.

Children at play,
they laugh at fear,
and we run away.

One day the innocence and joy fades,
Then we fight to regain it
Again and Again.

To have a child's faith
and a child's eyes,
we forget what it's like.

We fight to find it,
something they don't even see
as worth fighting for.

They like the light, too.
We all fear the darkness.

Streetlights flicker;
Children whisper,
And then run away.