Innocence

Covering them like a cloth So fragile, like the wings of a moth It protects them from all the bad Like a fighting world and abusive dads It can be broken and never repaired Can be washed away as if no one cared The innocence only stays so long Like a friend that will soon be gone Anything and everything can make it leave Especially the world, cruel and mean When the innocence is unraveled A child is no longer a child The cloak is pulled off It leaves the heart no longer soft