*CHILDREN*

IM JUST A LITTLE CHILD, ALMOST LIKE A SEED

I DID NOT ASK TO BE HERE, YOU GAVE BIRTH TO ME

~YOU SEE~

MY LITTLE BODY AND TINY SOUL, IS LIKE A PRECIOUS FLOWER

YOU CAN HELP ME GROW AND SURVIVE

OR I CAN WILT AND DIE

I CAN HURT OR I CAN LEARN BUT I NEED YOU TO GUIDE ME

I NEED FOR YOU TO TEACH ME, AND I NEED YOU TO CARE.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU DRUNK, OR HIGH EVERY DAY I AM HERE

I WILL NEED YOU TO USE YOUR BRAIN SO YOU CAN ENCOURAGE ME

TO SAY NO

TO THINGS THAT WILL DISTROY ME

I WANT AND NEED YOU TO LOVE ME IN EVERY WAY

HUGS FROM YOU WILL HELP ME GROW, AND SHOW ME THAT YOU CARE

SO COULD YOU SPARE ONE EVERY DAY, SO I KNOW THAT LOVE IS THERE

I DON'T NEED TO BE SLAPPED AROUND, THATS NOT WHY I'M HERE, I NEED FOR YOU TO HELP ME AND NOT PUT ME DOWN

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DIE YOUNG, SO DON'T INTRODUCE ME TO GANGS

I WANT TO LIVE THIS LIFE YOU GAVE ME IN A SPECIAL WAY

SO PLEASE

WHEN I CRY CUDDLE ME, DON'T SLAP ME ON THE FACE

WHEN I LIE SCOLD ME, DON'T CUSS ME OUT

WHEN I DO WRONG HELP ME TO DO RIGHT

DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME LIFE AND LEARN IT BY MYSELF

I AM LEARNING BY WHAT I SEE YOU DO, I FIGURE IF IT'S ALRIGHT FOR YOU???

IT MUST BE OK FOR ME

SO THINK BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME

BECAUSE WITH OUT YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE

I WILL ONLY END UP IN PRISON

OR EVEN WORSE

DON'T LET ME BE ANOTHER CHILD WITH A

HEAD STONE

TO JUST PLACE FLOWERS ON~

*CHILDREN* COPYRIGHT WRITTEN BY: ~Chickasaw*Spirit~ AKA Kokopelli Vikki