Don'T Cry, Don'T Die! Poem by Alyshia Renee Parker

laying in on the floor
in a room with a locked door.

crying out my eyes
saying my goodbyes.

i hear a voice
condemming my choice.

'Don't Cry!
Don't Die!
you are loved!
there's no room for you above! '

i ask 'who are you?
what should i do? '

but as i cry
i heard my Uncle Steve tell me
'Don't Cry! Don't Die! ! ! ! I will
protect you and your little sister
and your mother safe in the days yet to come! ! ! '