• The earth was so cold,
    The city sparkled with artificial lights,
    The snow was soft and crunched under my boots,
    I was lost, in an unknown city, lost in an unfamiliar place.
    I was so scared, cold and little, my heart raced.
    The scent of liquor seemed to travel around the sidewalks.
    People sung hearty songs of merriment, out of tune.
    I grasped my cross I wore, and prayed for my family.
    The air seemed to still, and foot steeps crunched behind me,
    There was laughter, and the air was thick with the stench of beer,
    I speed up my pace, but singing began behind me,
    Lucky, lucky, twas the sweet little maidens on this Christmas day!!
    The singing got louder and louder and I ran, but only to find myself fallen.
    I woke, so cold, in the snow, innocence…at a loss.