NOT GUILTY

This piece is asking a question of why the persona is charged as guilty when the persona is truly "not guilty".

Like a vampire staked in the chest,

but with words and actions.

What have I done ?

to truly deserve these acts.

I'm sober when i realise

i'm not at fault.

I'm living for myself,

I'm living to find myself

because I find out i'm alone,

alone to survive

until i'm proven "not guilty".

Do i go to court ?,

to prove i'm not guilty,

not guilty of the words,

not guilty of the actions,

and not guilty of my state of mind.

What have i done ?,

when i'm trying,

trying to find myself,

trying to live for me.

What have i done ?

only to exist for myself,

trying to truly survive,

survive for me.

Even when i'm alone,

I'm still charged,

charged as guilty.

The real question is

What have i done ?

to truly deserve this.

Author's Note

Please it'll be nice for you to view this piece and kindly put down your reviews. For those who want to criticise please do not be bias or mean, just be honest.

Thank you

Reviews

[Marina]

I get the sense of one living a life that is different to the perceived norm; perhaps made to feel guilty for the way they live and the choices they live by. Other than that, I guess it's easier to see others as guilty of something in a first instance than to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's the way most humans are wired....wary, untrusting creatures we are. Your poem has a level of defiance and exasperation mixed in equal measure. Live the life you choose and care not for the perceptions of others. The best way to live. Interesting poem. 💛

[Laz K.]

The question you ask is a valid one. The answer would be, "karma." The causes are far removed from us, but the consequences are suffered by us in the present. I know very well how unfair and infuriating it sounds, but I don't think we have a better response.

The frustration and urgency are well-expressed and palpable in this poem.

[tranquilspace]

Very well said, Thank you very much for the review.

[L.E.Osborne]

I really love your continued use of rhetorical questions in this! Makes me question myself as I read it and the whole poem makes me curious to know what this person is guilty or not guilty of. Great work, thought provoking! x

[tranquilspace]

Thank you very much for your kind words and review.