Tell Me Why
Written by Torrie DeMore
You seemed so happy,
at least that's how it appeared to me.
How could I have been so wrong
on something that was so clearly seen?
If I would have known
your plan all along
could I have shown you
your life wasn't all that wrong?
How could you do it?
How did you get so sad?
Was there nothing worth living for?
Was there nothing to make you glad?
If you would have taken a moment to see,
you life wasn't so bad, in fact it was fine.
My God, you weren't thinking clearly,
because I bet your life was even better than mine.
So what was really going through your mind
when you decided to kill yourself?
What about the future ahead of you
full of success and wealth?
The moment you took to end your life,
could have been used on something better
like thoughts of what lies ahead
instead of what has you in a fetter.
I'm sad that you are gone
but something else has me even more depressed.
How could someone your age
feel so repressed?
Being older isn't an excuse for ending it all,
but yet you were so young.
You had the whole world in front of you
in a way, you life had just begun.
Why did you do what you did?
I guess we will never know,
why you felt at such a young age
that to heaven you must go.
**In loving memory of my cousin, John Daniel Ladson**