Dear Lord don't let me die today 

I'm a soldier 
I fight against hunger 
And I seem to lose. 
I'm an orphan 
My parents died 
The same night 
My father came home drunk 
Without saying shot 
My mother and shot 
Himself. 

My story began that night 
The warm walls 
I once called home 
Turned to be a pond 
Of blood. 
My hopes, my future 
Died there 
That's when I realised 
that life is unfair. 

Dear Lord 
They say you are 
In heaven. 
A place from us hiden
Perhaps having a lot of
Drinks and snacks 
And your angels 
Singing a lot of prays 
Too loud. 

For second I beg 
Your pardon ,
Just don't let me die 
Today. 
I can feel the pain 
of the whip I had yesterday 
When I stole an apple 
From a plastic bag 
of a man I didn't know. 

I know I shouldn't have 
Stolen that apple 
But I wouldn't survive 
Another hour 
Of hunger. 
I fight with dogs 
In the dust bins 
For left overs. 

I sleep in the sack
Under the bridges 
In rainy seasons 
And cold nights 
But I know that's 
Life I must live. 
Don't let me die 
Today. 

I can feel my body 
Surrenders, 
My bones can't carry 
Me any more 
And my heart can't beat 
Any longer
And my breath
Breaks. 

Dear lord 
Don't let me die 
Today. 
I wish to see tomorrow.
I want to tell a story 
Of how I survived 
This life. 
Don't let me die 
Today.