Hold Up

I'm lying on the floor
Around me there is blood and gore
My breaths are coming in small gasps
Death has me in his grasp.

I don't know what I did to deserve this
All I did was go to the grocery store
Now my life is melting away
Upon this blood stained floor.

The one who fired the trigger
Is staring at me
Oh Please God, please
Don't let him get away Scott-free.

He made the wrong decision
to hold up this store
His greed for money
Means my life is no more.

I don't think he really meant to hurt me
Don't think he meant to pull that trigger
I think he just meant to scare people
Now I am dying-go figure.

If only someone would help
If they'd call an ambulance I\'d be alright
But everyone is too scared to move
In case he starts another fight.

If only he would call this off
Dial 999 so I'd be alright
He would save my life
Oh, my chest feels tight!

But my life to him does not matter
He fires again and things start to shatter.

All he wants is what he came for
Just a bunch of money
When he planned this he laughed
I wonder if he still finds it funny.

He throws the money in his bag
and starts to leave
As he does so he turns to me
and says 'I am sorry I will grieve.'

He is telling me he will cry for me
When it is his fault I can't even see!
How does he have the audacity to say this?
It is his fault I am dying!
As he leaves the building
I realize I am crying.

He was the one who took my life away
Yet he didn't even try to help
Tears stroll down my face
as I look round at everyone else.

Someone has placed cloth on my wound
To stop the flow of blood
How can this be?
This morning I felt so good!

A woman says to me
'An ambulance is on the way'
I hear a man whisper '
'It's to late she wont be okay.'

So I'm not the only one
Who has realized I am dying
And then I realize
I am not the only one crying.

I hear the ambulance arrive
and then I am placed inside
I can't even talk now
I just want to hide.

When we arrive at the hospital
I hear the words I've been waiting for
I'm pronounced DOA
My heart feels bruised and raw.

Never again will I get to see my family
Nor my friends
it doesn't feel real
But this really is the end.

Why did he take my life away?
Why did I go to that store on this tragic day?

Never again will I laugh and joke
Nor will I fall in love
Will I be taken down below
Or to heaven up above?

I never got the chance to say goodbye
But now I have been thrown into strife
That man didn't just steal the money
He also stole away my life.