It Should Have Been Me Poem by Pen Anthony

It's not my fault they said
That accidents do happen
These words were shallow to me
The guilt wouldn't allow
That i feel consoled

For i felt as if
I had been conned a soul
So innocent and undeserving
It should have been me
I kept thinking

It's me who conceived the idea
That we were letting work
Keep us from going out more
It's me who took the extra glass
It's me who didn't see the bump
It's me who should have been bleeding

It should have been me
Fighting for my life
She should be curled in bed
Next to our daughter
It should have been me
That they laid to rest