The Memory of Innocence

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"No one loses their innocence.  It is either taken or given away willingly."

~ Tiffany Madison

It is born with us and stays close like flannel

But only for a little while

Soon it departs like a wandering man

That never completely returns

There are letters that are sent

Not often

 but they are always reminders

 of what was

the soft bond of nurturing

the perfume that lingers in the room

but soon will be gone

though we never forget it

it is a pastel book mark within pages no longer turned

for the lace of my bodice

 keeps me awaiting what will come

but the memory of innocence

is the soft reminder of what once was

and in a small part of my heart

always will be