Throwing Pennies
we are tired of throwing pennies
into the wishing well
take me back to childhood bedtime
and stories that we tell
innocence was all mine
and i was just a child of course
innocence was fine
till we got a divorce
and i started living with experience
they introduced me to thinking
and i started thinking about life
how the world was living
then i decided experience was not enough
and i started to go with cynicism
but all along i missed the first one
i missed the innocence
and then i ended up on the bridge
throwing pennies over the railings
into the murky deep
and no one could hear my wailings
it was only during sleep
that i confronted my deepest failings
James Garratt – Tuesday 9th April 2002
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Throwing Pennies – Written Tuesday 9th April 2002 (Aged 27)
