Innocent Blame Poem by Mehreen Mujeeb

Melt my tears
So they can flow
For frozen tears cannot be wiped.

Burn my pain
So only ashes remain.
For pain cannot be blown away.

Freeze my fears
For they fall like acid in rain
Someday again they will thaw
From my sky they will drain.

Make my smile believe
So no one can see inside
For I’ve become a drug I cannot leave.

Execute my feelings;
They do not deserve to live
They put me behind bars
For a crime I have not done.