Unclothed

You came in this world fully clothed

Embedded with all there is to know.

And steadily, yet slow

The world has stripped you 

Of your smile, the light behind your eyes 
Of daydreams, of virtue

Hiding beneath the birches 

Dancing with no purchase

Do you remember "you"? 

Who knew nothing of heaven or hell

It never occurred to you to doubt yourself 

Confident, until they told you that you couldn't do it. 

Whole, but they said you had to grow. 

And left behind this shell, battered and old

You shall die naked... 
An empty soul