Ignorance

A last request

We are lined up to die one by one

Millions, no, Billions, all slowly walking towards death

Moments before our killers strike we are given one last reqeust

Some men ask for one last beer

Some ask for sex

Some ask for something as simple as their favorite meal

Our lifes flash before our eyes before we die

My life has been flashing by slowly for years

While I've waited in this line

The only joy I feel in this is at the beginning

Meaningless, ignorant, bliss

When I'm an infant and I can hear my mother sing her lullaby to me

Before I understood life or death

When I'm an infant and I can't speak the worlds to insult anyone

Before I was spoiled by things I didn't need

When I'm an infant and I don't have the strength to hurt anyone

Before I was corrupted by the world around me

When I'm an infant and I can't stand up to walk away from anyone

That was true happiness

Meaningless, ignorant, bliss

So as I walk closer to my killer my last request is only

That I hear my mothers lullaby one last time

So that I can feel that again

And remember what it was like to not know about all the evil around me

And smile in my pure,meaningless, ignorant, bliss 

To be truly happy

Thats all I want

All I need

Before I die, with a smile on my face.

Reviews

[Big Island Girl]

I've often wished for the same joy of innocence. To be innocent and ignorant of evil...Very nicely done!