Lost or gained?

1)  Seems at the age of eight

2)  A young girl didn’t know what to anticipate

3)  Young and proud, little but loud

4)  And didn’t know how to communicate

5)  The little girl had a red balloon

6)  With it, she would sing a little tune

7)  Oblivious to the sights she would see

8)   Ignorant to the issues on the streets

9)   She didn’t know right from wrong

10) Just that she knew her favorite song

11) A song she’d sing with all her might

12) Crossing the road under the moon's lit night.

13) Making it to the other side

14) What she saw next made her cry

15) She didn’t know this feeling of dread

16) After seeing that this cat is dead

17) With all this dread she dropped the red balloon

18) It bounced right up with a bobble or two

19) But it bounced too high, too high to reach

20) She tried but couldn’t do anything about it’s release

21) She stared at that balloon with her hand raised to catch

22) But then something blared with a screeching snap

23) A car spinning out of control like a bowl turning on a floor

24) It broke a tree branch and almost took her soul

25) She moved away just in time

26) This is where she saw things in a different light;

27) When she looked around she saw different colors, 

28) Things that made sound, people bothering others

29) Where was all this before?

30) All these excitements and fears

31) All these worries and cheers

32) She wants to see more, to touch this or that

33) She wants to see everything, even the cat

34) The little girl forgot the red balloon

35) As it flew away, not being able to stay

36) It watched the little girl, look at the world

37) And saw that she had been freed.