I turn through pages in my mind, now cracked by salty tears from a darker time. I will never get back those solemn years, nor will I fill the gap they have left. So why do I try to revisit these depths, if all they reveal is pain? With what I know now, I can look back and say, "From this point and hereafter, I shall never be the same." This bright new chapter that I now write is untouched by salty tears from a darker time.