Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Month #1: Write about losing your innocence. Fifteen entries will be featured in a Prose Original Book of the Month, whereby each winner will take 5% lifetime royalties. You must purchase the book to discover its authors, who will be determined by objective data (reads, likes, reposts, comments) and by team vote to ensure reader satisfaction. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtags “itslit,” “getlit,” and “ProseChallenge.”
Her name is Innocence
Her name is Innocence.
I rarely see her now.
She dances upon the wind,
and when she looks down, for surely she does,
Innocence must see the people below,
Begging,
Praying,
Hoping,
Wishing,
for her to come back.
But Innocence chooses few.
Her favorite being children.
When she stays longer than expected,
strongly guarded she is.
I rarely see her now,
Although she is spoken of frequently.
She is a secret torn from unwilling lips,
A breath in the wind.
She laughs as they claw at the sky.
But I?
I build a home for her.
Deep in my heart.
I fill it with pictures of
Love,
Dreams,
Life,
Beauty,
Freedom,
Purity,
Kindness,
Generosity,
Chastity,
Naive,
the children of sweet Innocence,
for she favors children,
in hopes that she will visit.
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