A Child's Plea

Hello, Mama,
I think you might remember me
I was your child
Remember when you discarded me

I know that you have seen me
All those nights in your dreams
I would be reaching out for you
And you would just let me scream

You wouldn’t even hold me
Though you knew you wanted to
You held back the tears
And denied that your love was true

Mama, I wish I could have known what it was like
To hear the birds sing or feel the sun
To skip and jump and spin and dance
And laugh and hop and run

You took it all away from me
You didn’t hear me beg you no
I was abandoned by you on that day
Because you felt you had no where to go

You may not even think of me now
But I still think of you
Because you were my only chance
The only chance I knew

And here I am know all alone
An unwanted memory
A child on whom you turned your back
A life that was meant to be

Why, mama, why?
Why couldn’t you have tried?
Why, mama, why?
Why you let me die?

I wonder if we could have made it
Even in all this fuss
We’d be each other’s rock
Just the two of us

We’d stand high and proud
For everyone to know
If only you’d given me a chance
You would not have sunk so low

You could have given me up
And just let me be
I can’t help but wonder now
If someone else might have wanted me

If you had let me live my life
Who knows what I could have been
I could have been someone great
But instead here I am again

I am here in your dreams
To remind you once more
Of the one that you let go
Your biggest mistake was to close that door

Mama, if you don’t remember me
I was the one in your womb
The one that haunts your dreams
A presence that will forever loom

I am the one that will always love you
The one who’s at your side
Mama, please just answer this,
Why did I have to die?