Innocence Lost

Innocence Lost discusses the feelings behind a new soul's introduction into society and how society has disappointed the soul. Innocence does not understand the way life rejects his honesty and sincerity but instead wishes him to conform to the society's standards. Innocence travels through the eyes of his friends Honesty, Trust, Faith, Loyalty, and Love and sees the effects of society on children, marriages, friendship, and life. Innocence continues to search as he describes himself and the treatment of his friends. To his amazement, his innocence is being lost. The stories which Innocence encounters along his journey are too graphic and too harsh at times for him to bear. Innocence turns inward for guidance. His internal guidance pushes him towards his old but true friends Honesty, Trust, Faith, Loyalty, and Love, true friends who had been forgotten but were always present. Innocence eventually learns to guide his soul back to its origin. His story is told through his poetry.