Loss Of Innocence Of Wings

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A child’s innocence is not an object that be replaced. It is precious and valuable, and should never be tainted. A child is born with a veil of protection from the worst things they can be exposed to. Their innocence is what protects them. They are shielded from the outside world, and saved from the blackness of what they could fall into by the whiteness of the purity that protect them. It drapes them like a pair of fully formed angel wings that cradle them like a delicate rose bud. This small bud eventually blooms into its own self-sufficient flower that will grow in the direction of the sun. They will think for themselves, decide for themselves, care for themselves, and live for themselves. They eventually will realize the importance of the wings that drape them. They will understand that their wings shield them from the persecution and neglect of the people that can see the damage that blackens the feathers on their outsides. They realize that if anyone were to take these …show more content…
The corrupted only want to draw people in, and make them join in their own poor decisions. They live in the group of the wingless, free of burden and self-consciousness, with no self-esteem or self-control to keep them from labeling themselves as corrupt and lost. They embrace the nasty and the hideous, and only desire to explore their own limits with bare shoulders. These people pry at the solid feathers of foundation that the innocent wear, knowing that it’s wrong, tainting themselves further. They know that their own wings are gone, from either being stolen or from giving them away themselves. The strong bones of structure that the pure children have, slowly get torn away by the corrupted, until the feathers of their purity start to come off. They strip away the feathers of the innocent, until their once protective wings are nothing but pathetic nubs of what was once their own

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