Innocence

Here is my song, of fading innocence
In golden June of old long since
On darkened path of withered leaves
Of flickering candlelight my lost and dark soul

And through graying scenes of old and long since
I saw yet her face so strong once again
And the memories so cruel I thought I had lost
They would greet me again and flood this small heart…

Oh still how I yearned the touch of all fondness
Sweetly in scent and bereft of all pain
But such a lost child so young in my world
To what I had felt I locked all inside!

And thus these regrets, the coldest of sadness
They tainted my life through passing of days…
For when she was gone she never but knew
How this great fire burns me no more…

But should ever I see lovers holding each hand
And speak of their love without much care
I’d wonder again how my life would be
If things were so different and fate hadn’t swayed

For should it be so
Then we’d be one together
In days and in nights embraced by our love
And my darkened heart would come back to life
Like the glorious great sun across the blue sky

But I know it so strong that I must move on
To go out my way and leave my sad past
And though I now find my path all but dark
And lost all the will to live and let live

My dear weak heart still beats and so yearns
The start of a life afresh and anew
And though I would fall and fall yet again
I know it’s my life I know it’s my fate

So pray for me now and pray to Him good
To give this sad mind a peaceful respite
To give me some faith to light up my heart
And to give me some hope to ease my last breath…

SAIF ADLI
MUAR
2006