Innocent Or Guilty?

There is a question that plagues my mind
and torments my thoughts as I sleep:
if I am not guilty for the things they did,
then why has my innocence been stolen?

If my innocence now belongs to them,
does their guilt now belong to me?

In stealing my innocence, did they
swap it for eternal guilt, making me
as bad as them?

I hear the word innocent, and I know
that cannot be me, for mine was stolen
many years ago.

So I am left with this question
that plagues my mind every night
and eats away at the only hope left,
hiding inside of my heart.

If it's not me who is guilty,
then why do they have my innocence?

Saffie
22

21/6/13