A Reason To Live

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