Don'T Abort Me This Way Poem by Ramona Thompson

A dark rewrite of the disco classic Don't Leave Me This Way

Don't abort me this way
Please mama let me survive
Please let me stay alive
Oh, please mama don't send me to hell
Don't abort me this way
Please mama let me exist
Guaranteed, pretty Ms.
You'll surely miss
My tender kiss
If, mama, you abort me this way

Oh, mama your heart is full of hate and bitterness for me
Oh no, please don't let that doctor go down there and do what I don't want him to do
You started this life
One night not so long ago
Now it's true
Not even 6 weeks along, but I do have a soul
I am alive
Now can't you see
You've let this choice spin out of control
Come on and nuture me
'Cause only your sweet lovin' can allow me to be
Allow me to be
Be alive

Don't, don't you abort me this way, no
Mama, don't you understand
You're under God's command
Oh mama, please, please don't abort me this way, no
Don't abort me this way, no
Please mama let me survive
Please mama let me stay alive
Oh, please don't me to hell
Mama, don't abort me this way

Oh, mama your heart is full of hate and bitterness for me
Oh no, please don't let that doctor go down there and do what I don't want him to do
You started this life
One night not so long ago
Now it's true
Not even 6 weeks along, but I do have a soul
I am alive
Now can't you see
You've let this choice spin out of control
Come on and nuture me
'Cause only your sweet lovin' can allow me to be
Allow me to be
Be alive

Cause only your choice can set me free
Free to live
Free to be alive
Oh mama
I wanna
I just wanna
I just wanna live
So please mama, please
Allow me to be
Allow me to be
Don't abort me this way, don't abort me this way
No, don't abort me this way
No, don't
Please don't abort me this way, mama
Don't abort, don't abort me this way
Oh mama please, please don't

2008 Ramona Thompson