Innocence
                                                               lost
                                                               cannot be found
                                                               gone without a trace
                                                               with no goodbyes



                                                               why must my conscience be so cruel?



                                                               regrets abundant
                                                               utterly useless
                                                               so powerless
                                                               crying for what cannot be undone
                                                               longing for what cannot be mine again



                                                               why does it still haunt me so?



                                                               it ravages inside me
                                                               let it out
                                                               let it spill
                                                               let it mark me
                                                               with the crime that has been done
                                                               with what cannot see the light
                                                               the silence within kills



                                                               why is this driving me towards madness?



                                                               can you bring back the dead?
                                                               can you turn back the sands of time?
                                                               can you rewrite one man's history?
                                                               can you return my Innocence.



                                                                                    Margaret Alexandria Yoong
                                                                                    November 20, 2001