I won't go

I will not die

You cannot make me

You can try

But I won't go.

I'm still so young

So full of energy

My life not yet done

So I won't go.

There's so much to live

And so much to cry on

Stick in a knife in my ribs!

I still won't go.

You can't make me.

You can't move me.

You can't shake me -

I won't go.

And yet I lie here

Bleeding on the ground and I

Wish you'd take back my tears

I won't go.

I'm only thirteen

So Lord protect me

I'll try not to scream

And I promise not to go.

- Carly Floyd

10/6/08