Words and Music by Shannon Cerneka<\/p>\n
Hello, my name is Michael and I am just a child.
\nMy father left a week ago while my mother stood and cried.
\nI know that she is lonely, sad confused and hurt.
\nShe doesn’t know if she can bring me into this world.<\/p>\n
And I say, “Mama, I beg you as long as I can cry,
\nplease don’t stop my beating heart.”
\nYou have to know I love you although I cannot say it.
\nPlease give me the chance to tell you myself.<\/p>\n
My Mama says she knows what’s best for her and I.
\nShe says that it’s not fair to me to offer me this life.
\nBut I’m already living and I do not want to die.
\nThere’s too much life inside of me for one choice to deny.<\/p>\n
Hello, my name is Michael and I have to say goodbye.
\nMy mother made the choice to have me taken from this life.
\nOne day I will meet her and I will sit her down,
\nand I’ll tell her what I never really could.<\/p>\n
I’ll say, “Mama, I begged you as long as I could cry,
\nplease don’t stop my beating heart.”
\nYou have to know I loved you although I could not say it.
\nBut I never had the chance to tell you myself.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2001, Shannon Cerneka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Words and Music by Shannon Cerneka Hello, my name is Michael and I am just a child. My father left a week ago while my mother stood and cried. I know that she is lonely, sad confused and hurt. She doesn’t know if she can bring me into this world. And I say, “Mama, I…<\/p>\n