Gretchen Wooten: Book 1

Staying True

Shainna Richardson

I lay in bed at night dreaming of you With a vivid picture of your face with the words stay true. Six years you have gone Yet all memories of you haunt me In the beginning I was withdrawn Continuing my life without you is my new reality It should be easier, mom, But the loss of you is like hell’s fire with no escape Our history is like a bomb I’ll never forget when you said I was a mistake Before I could breathe life, you wanted me dead I learned to be an adult before the legal age Most of my childhood I was living to survive Protecting you from yourself was my war to wage You told me once stay strong to stay alive Always be you Because no matter what and against all odds I’ll always stay true To myself thanks to you