Outlive me!

Hush, little one soon the pain will end;
the suffering lingers and doesn't seem to bend,
but hold on just a little longer and you will be stronger.
The pain you have to feel is beyond wrong!

I remember your smile and how it went on for miles;
now, it is replaced with a mask of pain that beguiles.
I remember you running around with your friends;
now, suffering has brought childhood to an end.

I'm the mother, you're the child;
you should be the one dreaming wild.
Outlive me please, you must
without you my dreams are dust.