Innocent

By El

They say I'm
in-
no-
cent
Not because I'm
not
guilty
But because I'm
somehow
not
experienced?
not
spoiled?
by the world
Maybe I am
in-
no-
cent
But simply because I will
not
swear will
not
hate
out loud does
not
mean I won’t
rage inside
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El

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    Cries hushed forever below the brown wood of your transformèd eyes.
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