<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Lost Innocence”</b> by Michaela Remmel</div><div><br></div><div>Wind whistling,</div><div>Snow glistening,</div><div>We try not to,</div><div>But we're all listening.</div><div><br></div><div>Loud screams,</div><div>Bad dreams,</div><div>It's very far,</div><div>But close it seems.</div><div><br></div><div>Sad day,</div><div>Lost our way,</div><div>All we can do,</div><div>Is simply pray.</div><div><br></div><div>Innocence gone,</div><div>Life no longer long,</div><div>We may not know, </div><div>But we're all doing wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Joy lost, </div><div>The Holocaust,</div><div>We look to see,</div><div>Hearts covered in frost.</div><div><br></div><div>Wars fought,</div><div>Sins taught,</div><div>Making mistakes,</div><div>Hoping not to be caught.</div><div><br></div><div>Not taking blame, </div><div>Pushing for fame,</div><div>As advanced as we are,</div><div>We're still all untamed.</div><div><br></div><div>Too much pride,</div><div>Needing a guide,</div><div>We will deny it, </div><div>But behind lies we hide.</div><div><br></div><div>Hurting others, </div><div>Betraying brother,</div><div>Many forgetting,</div><div>To appreciate mothers.</div><div><br></div><div>Lies are fed,</div><div>Filling heart and head,</div><div>Through all of these years,</div><div>Innocent blood has been shed.</div><div><br></div><div>Children abandoned,</div><div>Lonely and stranded,</div><div>We're all wasting the life</div><div>That we have been handed.</div><div><br></div><div>Taking from the poor,</div><div>We're loving no more,</div><div>Fight to be free, </div><div>End up starting a war.</div><div><br></div><div>People starting fights,</div><div>No longer enjoying the sights,</div><div>While mere mortals are taking</div><div>Our God given rights.</div><div><br></div><div>Soldiers killed,</div><div>Void can't be filled,</div><div>Pay close attention,</div><div>For pure souls have been tilled.</div><div><br></div><div>Need to find peace,</div><div>Work together like geese,</div><div>But greatest of all,</div><div>The hate needs to cease.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>