For Jordy

She grew up in a messed up family
she was the kindest girl you could meet
you could be a horrible person to her
and still she would be sweet
she didn't deserve this
as none of them do
I wished so very hard
that she would pull through
I'm going to tell you her story
hoping you can learn from this death
I was with her through it all
up until she took her last breath
it really all began
when she was just four
she was having a hard time breathing
like nothing I had ever seen before
at first it was nothing
it just came in little spurts
then they started to last longer
and she said it started to hurt
she was diagnosed with lung cancer
for awhile she was fine
the Doctor said she'd be OK
that we just needed to give her time
she seemed to get better
after her brother moved out
her mom said her attacks would stop
but I still had my doubts
the months came and went
and still it was hard for her to breath
I knew he brother had come back
I had prayed so hard he would once again leave
for awhile she was doing fine
then one night she began to cry
coughing blood out of her mouth
and tears streaming from her eyes
I asked her what had happened
she said her brother was up all night
then an attack came and her little body
just couldn't put up with the fight
on her sixth birthday she had a hard time
blowing out her candles on the cake
her wish was a choice
she hoped her brother would make
we made a trip to the beach
just sitting and laughing on the pier
her chest began to hurt
as I just held her near
that night another attack came
and I did the best I could
she asked if she would be OK
I told her she would
the blood kept coming
as I sat there and held her hand
how this could happened to such a small innocent child
I just don't understand
she died that night
laying in the hospital bed
her frail body covered in blood
as I sat rubbing her head
she left so young
on her own blood she choked
she died such a horrible death
and all because of second hand smoke...