Please, Nanny, Don't Die

Each night, I would cry, please, nanny, don't die

You promised you'd stay till I was fifteen

As I grew older, I lived with your lie

I didn't quite know how to say goodbye

The cancer inside you was harsh and mean

Each night, I would cry, please, nanny, don't die

You didn't make it, you took to the sky

And left me in darkness, no more routine

As I grew older, I lived with your lie

I grew through the pain as time went on by

And met with depression at age fourteen

Each night, I would cry, please, nanny, don't die

I couldn't seem to leave my pillow dry

For the tears I shed, I kept them unseen

As I grew older, I lived with your lie

After years without you, I wondered why

You couldn't have stayed till I was a teen

Each night, I would cry, please, nanny, don't die

As I grew older, I lived with your lie