Why Mom?

Will I stay alive or will I be dead?
That’s what the baby inside said.
Will you keep me and let me have life?
Just because you aren’t husband and wife.
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want me.
I promise I’ll be who  you want me to be.
I won’t get to play or go to the park.
Instead, I’ll be left here in the dark.
People make mistakes every step of the way.
Why are you going to make me pay?
I won’t have anything, not even a voice.
Just because my mom made the wrong choice.
-Megan Marie Stead