WHERE IS IT

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY INNOCENCE?
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE IT WENT?
I SEEMED TO HAVE LOST IT IN THE PAST.
BUT CAN'T REMEMBER AT WHAT EVENT.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FOREVER?
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALREADY HERE.
TOMORROW HAS COME AND GONE, YOU SEE,
AND YESTERDAY'S NOT YESTERDAY I FEAR.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DREAMS I HAD,
ARE THEY FOREVER GONE FROM ME?
DO I NOT HAVE THE INSPIRATION,
THAT ONCE BECKONED TO SET ME FREE?

WHATEVER HAPPENED, I SAY AGAIN,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS?
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WHATEVER?
IT'S THE WHATEVER THAT I MISS.

CAN YOU HELP ME, ANYONE?
IS FOREVER STUCK IN YOU?
HOW DO I FIND IT, ANYONE,
WHATEVER WILL I DO?

Leslie Sue Ashley
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