How can you lose that which you never had?

I have a one thousand word exercise due in a week and so far this is what i have. Enjoy. the topic is a loss of innocence.

There is no day like today, I don’t like to live in the past but what else is there to do? Our past is what makes us who we are, or at least my past shaped who I am. As a child we are meant to be naïve, we view the world the way we would like to, as a magical place full of fun and laughter. Sadly that doesn’t last, we aren’t left to discover the world for ourselves but instead conditioned with the views of our parents, we are taught how to walk, to talk, even to think. Since I was a little girl I have had my opinions handed it to me, original thought was discouraged, maybe that’s why I’m a dreamer, it was the only thing that belonged to me, it was original and it was mine and only mine.