My Mind Has Lost Its Innocence
The depth of the lost innocence in my mind,
is feeding my intellect and so hard to find-
I have become destruction and insanity combined,
and in this life of madness I’m guilty with ease,
forbidden fruit and snake intertwined.
I can only pray for this corruption to cease.
Hubris and unprepared my chastity depleting,
with all the memories of sin repeating-
Inside this game of life I’ve been competing,
and I’ll never win if I don’t learn to let go
of all this loneliness that keeps defeating.
Oh, all this vileness and unwarranted woe.
Can a brain really lose its virtue and purity,
or does it age with experience and insecurity?
I used to be full of candor and sincerity,
but now I’m stuck in a cave of blame,
longing for more moments of clarity.
I’ve been shadowed with hurt and shame.
Is ignorance really the true meaning of bliss,
or does being naïve put you in hell’s abyss?
My guileless mind has gone amiss,
erroneous ways have been brought to light,
and innocence forgotten in the wilderness.
Do I even still know wrong from right?
If only I could still be a child at heart,
maybe my world wouldn’t be torn apart-
Now I’ve been punctured by darkness’s dart,
impure and foul to the worst degree,
paranoid and stagnant from the very start.
I have been captured yet stated my decree.
For my mind has lost its innocence and dignity,
and has been replaced with severe indecency.
*fictional write for contest*
Loss of an Innocent Mind
Kai Michael Neumann
February 9, 2018
Copyright © Lu Loo | Year Posted 2018
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