Lost and Found

by Emily Newman


Can you help me?
I seem to have lost
My innocence
Somewhere along the way.

Must have fallen
Out of my purse
Or my backpack
Or something like that.

I don't know.
I just know that
It's gone
And I miss it.

I've suddenly become
This cynical bitch.
Sometimes I don't like me
Very much.

Maybe it died.
Maybe it was stolen.
Maybe it ran away.
Can you help me find it?