Innocence Forgotten
by Katherine Harrold
Seamless she flows
Within the walls of her vessel
Sacred soul in infant form
Beamed from the Sun
Love's epitome glistening
Wide-eyed trust calibrating DNA
Every soul basking in the glow of her heart
Meeting the roaring flame
Of Innocence
Til one day
Not far off
Her blinding light went dark
Extinguished
By a thief in the night
Hands grasping
Fingers probing
Little one sobbing
Mother holding
Faith crumbling
Emotions screeching
Through her tiny frame
Imploding her core
Tiny shards of broken glass
Life redefined
Love made lethal
Innocence... the Enemy
Walls of stone
Shoot from earthy nowhere
Round the castle of her soul
None shall enter here
Armor encrusted child
Smoky whispers tiptoe
In her subconscious web
Neath layers of steel
"Good girl" mask
Takes center stage
None will know
Her secret shame
Innocence Banished
Decades pass in rocky ether
Good girl turned perfectionist
Perfectionist turned slave
To the mask she inhabits
Alone wandering
Trust... a dingy shadow
Iron armor, once a friend
Now strangling foe
Lifeless marching
Through endless days
Slowly fading
Heartbeat dying
Slipping in quicksands of normalcy
She is but a spectre
Innocence Forgotten
About the Creator
Katherine Melinda
I write because my mind loves to live in the clouds. Building worlds and making connections where there were none is kind of my thing.
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