Pure Innocence

The snowflake landed on her nose. All I wanted to do at that point was tell her how incredibly pure she looked. As her eyes darted wildly trying to look at every snowflake that danced from the sky, I couldn't help but wonder how anyone could see anything other than innocence in this girl that stood before me. Sure she's been through a lot. She's experienced things that no other person should ever have to experience. Did that make her damaged goods? No, not at all.

It makes me sad knowing that she belives the lies people tell her about herself. She doesn't think I notice how much it hurts her, but I do. As we stood there in the freezing cold, I had never seen her eyes light up in pure joy before as they did in that moment. I think that she looked at the snow in the way I look at her everyday. She saw how it made the earth look so beautiful and innocent which is what I see in her. I wish I could make it snow everday just to make her smile. The very thing that usually makes people freeze up, was actually causing the ice around her heart to thaw.