I was next door watching some children
I was clueless as to what was going on at home
I was only a child myself, I was only fourteen

Their mother came home, and I was on my way
I walked the short distance home
I was going to go upstairs to bed

Inside my house was chaos
My brother yelled and my sister fought
How was I to know what was was going on

My mother was nowhere to be found
She just left without a word
We waited and waited until a few hours has passed

My mother walked in the door with death on her face
We sat down next to her and she changed our lives forever
The news of his death was a shock to us all, we has lost our
father

How did this happen and why to us?
Out the door my sister ran, and in my brother’s arms is
where I cried
Would this night ever end?

One year and four months passed
January came and still we were grieving
More bad news was yet to come

I woke up and got ready for school, the phone rang a
distinctive ring
We lost another, my grandfather was dead
We spent the day crying, the grieving was not over

Seven years passed and more bad news 
Cancer had struck, my grandmother the victim
A year is all it took to deteriorate her

Finally some good news, I became a mother
He was two weeks old when I got the call
My grandmother had finally passed on, her suffering had
ended

So much sorrow has filled my life and I thought I could not
go on
At times I didn’t want to live myself
But now I have a reason to live, that reason is my son