NAÏVE

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You ask the bird why isn't she flying

when God gave her the boon of wings.

While she tries her best to reason with a lie,

without cracking her voice

as well as trying to hide the wound beneath her feathers,

trying hard to cover it

so it wouldn't bleed.

- She tried to hint her parents that she wasn't doing 'it' intentionally, yet they didn't get it.

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