I'm Innocent, but I'm guilty
Noises, noises all around me. Screams, shouts.
People full of rage. All of them want me
To burn. I'm innocent, not guilty, framed.
I'm ambitious it's true, but that should not
Be a fault. What have I done to deserve 5
This? I'm a loyal wife, a loving mom.
I have not sinned, I'm loyal to my God.
So why then am I here? Here, standing on
A platform, being sent to my death? Why?
What have I done to deserve this treatment? 10
The people are shouting for my head on
A stake. Me! Little old me. Why? Why me?
And those five men, those poor innocent men.
All of them innocent and, like me, found
Guilty. I do not blame those who confessed, 15
For I am sure it was under duress.
Those men are blameless, as innocent as
I. I was betrayed, by my husband and
My allies alike. I am to be killed.
Silence, silence and darkness surround me. 20
The tower where I sit is damp and cold.
This is my last residence before my
Final resting place. I am innocent.
I have lived this way, I will die this way.
I receive one last comfort before death: 25
I am allowed my last rights. It's comfort
To me. "All of this such a little
Neck?" What have I done wrong? I have been good.
I do not understand; we were happy,
In love. Only three years? Please give me more 30
Time! I'll bare you a son; please don't give up,
Don't give up. Please just give me more time.
We were in love, right? Tell me that we were.
Do you not love me anymore? Please Sir,
I only want your love. Your wandering 35
Eyes have been the problem. We lost our son
That way. It's not my fault, please give me time!
I'll give you what you want - what you so crave.
But what of our daughter? What will happen
To her, the beautiful mix of us both? 40
Sir, take care of her. Please take care of her.
I leave my daughter motherless. I hear
Her cry even now. I leave my mother
Daughterless, and I take her son with me.
Her son, my brother another victim 45
In this corrupt ploy against me. He is
Innocent as well. We are all blameless,
Yet we are all to die. We are to be killed.
It's time. It's my time. The others have all
Been killed. I am the last to take the walk. 50
Noises, noises all around me. Screams, shouts,
People full of rage. All of them want me
To burn. I'm innocent, not guilty, framed.
That does not matter here as I walk to
My death. The people cheer, and chant, and smile. 55
So I die. I'm innocent, but guilty.