Innocence

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Not directly Academy but a poem I wrote recently and wanted to share. Enjoy!

Innocence is

Believing what we cannot see

Trusting without thought

Loving without prejudice

It's childhood's pretty red bow

Sparkling, shining, shimmering

Wrapping around us and holding on tight

As we play in ways only children play

Jumping in puddles, water spraying the air

Our laughs of delight echo

As the sun sparkles off the swiftly falling drops

Tiny pink tongues darting out

Waiting to taste the snow

A hot day, a black swing,

Trying to touch the sky

A pile of reds, oranges, and browns

Whirlwinds of leaves as we jump in with giggles

And yet we lose that 

The pretty bow of innocence, as we grow, unravels

And we leave it, torn, tattered and dirty, lying in the dust of childhood


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