fleeting innocence

some truths sit on your tongue until someone else speaks them first

A shard of my soul I concealed,

a desperate attempt to dominate the chaos

I couldn’t control.


And for a fleeting moment, 

I knew how it felt to be seen

for who I was,

and not the cards that life dealt me.


But the whispers of others reached your ears,

and just as I feared,

you saw my innocence disappear.

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