by Tracy Lynn Richards

Created on: October 28, 2009   Last Updated: October 29, 2009

The summer of 09


12 years I put in
All is wasted now
I must keep going
Two beautiful girls
Are depending on me

How do I tell them?
At the age of 29
Their father has died
From an overdose
Too young to understand
Just 7 and 5

I tell them he was sick
Sometimes you don't get better
I must keep going
Two beautiful girls
Are depending on me

I just want to lie in bed
Surrounded by misery
Why oh why
Is this happening to me?

A terrible pain
Cramps from my tubes being tied
Little did I know
I was dying inside

Two blood transfusions later
A burst ectopic pregnancy
I almost orphaned my children
I must keep going
Two beautiful girls
Are depending on me

The worst three months of my life
The worst summer for sure
The worst pain that I've been in
It all knocked on my door

Fall has come now
With its leaves of change
Peacefulness has swept upon us
I must keep going
Two beautiful girls
Are depending on me

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