I was sheltered

You were sheltered

Life was simple

I no longer know simple

It

Gone

Forever

Like a butterfly

Wings crushed against the wind

The symmetry gone

The beauty destroyed

We were once children

Innocence called our name

We wandered toward it

Just in reach

And then it

A/N: Please R/R. I’m thinking of submitting this to my school’s literary magazine, so feedback is a necessity.