masked

In spite of everything
In spite of the face that it has shown
that it was made to believe in

Innocence has an intelligence, a mind.
It has a fault
and it has a shadow.

two-faced in its own glory and labyrinth
it confuses
and is often
in itself
confused at that fact

clean and crisp
is the porcelain mask
that it so gracefully places on ones true skin

gracing
slightly touching
but never quite as close

It fools
and is sometimes fooled
by the games that it subconsciously plays

But it is smarter than often said
Smarter than often suspected.

Innocence has an intelligence, a mind.
It has a fault
and it has a shadow.

Innocence is misunderstood.
It is but an adjective to a moment
and yet
it is treated with longevity
thus caging it in two-dimensionality

a character
and not a person

a mere mask

Innocence is often misunderstood.

It has an intelligence
It has a mind
It has a fault
and it has a shadow


Innocence is not always what it seems to be.