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innocence


The strand of pearls slipped off her

Neck and slowly made way to the floor

The pulse in her head the voice in her

Mind not to scream nor to yell

The innocence of he adolescent

Heart and mind tainted

You deserved it you asked for

It keep your head low and

Do not look up
She flailed about in attempts

To get free only

The attempts made her confine

Grow smaller

A realization hit she could

Not escape the dark abyss

She cornered her self away

In a long forgotten place

And soon she was nothing
They had blamed her it was her

Fault none others

The force of the confine held her

Silent never to talk

Soon her voice dissipated

Altogether

Silent, scared, and hurt beyond

Repair she wants to be free

And to say what had been done
If only they heard, oh, if only

They had listened

She’d be here. Without hesitation

You pushed her in a hole

One you knew she could not

Escape from and you

Not evicted about

If only everyone realized it

Was not her fault
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