A Child is Not Innocent

This original poem was written to honor that inner child, thank you for your courage.


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Joshua Brown



A child is a human, complete and fully formed

But not innocent.


His map is being written, the day he is conceived.

The thoughts he has,

The moves he makes,

Are his.


But crafty he must be and strange as it may seem,

Survival is his only wish

And you,

Are you?


To kill a child

Is but to kill a man

The child he wills to live.


Cope, fight, adapt, give in.

What e'er it takes

Is but the life he has to give.


Teach him then to protect you,

He will.

And despise his own breath.


A child is not innocent

For he vanquishes the weak.

Even if it's his own soul

Demanded at the

Blood stained

Tear wet

Altar of parental death.


Beware of this

The cursed script of the

Genesis Breed Command

To evolve, adapt and overcome

That God gave thus to man.


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📅 Written in 2021

📍 Written in south Anchorage, Alaska near the Old Seward Highway and O'Malley Road

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Thanks for reading this "A Child is not Innocent" which is a reflection on the dark instincts that bring abused children to adulthood. In my opinion, it is so important to honor and reflect on the utility of behaviors that protected you from real fucking danger. I also recommend checking out "Female Empathetic Male" another one of my poems that explores the dark side of female in-group preference and sexual mate selection. Highly recommend!

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