Don't Let Go - a song dedicated to my Haitian orphans

This was very sweet of you to make this song to all the orphans in Haiti. It was a beautiful song. I expect great lyrics from you!

I would like to say thank you to everyone who has made a comment on my song. I would also like to thank everyone who posts a comment after this message.

This song is literally written from my first-hand experience and from deep inside me. It's real; every bit of it. Everything I said in this song actually happened. I did pray that night that their lives would be theirs to keep. And it's a miracle because the children that I had met are alive, even now, after the earthquake.

When I said:

"Do you remember when I held you tight?
I whispered everything would be alright.
You held to me, you didn't let go.
I felt my heart break but it didn't show."

This actually happened. I was in a place called 'Mother Teresa's Home for Severely Malnourished Babies'. While there, I held a very sick baby. I held him tight and I really did whisper that everything would be alright. And he held to me, he didn't want to let go. And I literally felt my heart break. But like in my song, I didn't cry until after I had left. I knew that if I let myself cry while there, I'd never be able to pull myself away. As I was leaving, that little baby boy cried out to me, grasping onto me and said, "Mama, Mama, no!"

That is forever engraved in my head. He was obviously a lot older than he looked for having such a vocabulary, but his physical condition was that of a 4 month old baby.

Experiences like that change you forever. Walking away from him was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. But...I would do it all over again if I could. Just to be able to hold him again.

I hope that none of you take your life for granted.

This was so moving and beautiful. I especially liked the lines, "As I lay my broken heart to sleep, I prayed your life would be yours to keep." Those lines took the classic bedtime prayer and added such sorrow to it. Very well done.

This song is realy beautiful, I love it, it's nice you dedicated it to the orphans.
I love your songs, keep it up:)
Ikafe

That was wonderful!
I could see a story in the song.
I sang it out loud to my friends and they loved it too!
Keep up the great songs!

Wow. That was really touching. I almost teared up. Like Herzing said It is people like you that change the world.

Thank you so much. I hope every thing goes well.

~Jessey

This is simply brilliant.

I was nearly moved to tears when I read it. It's people like you who change the world one step at a time. I thank you for that, and am sure many other people do as well.

I really have nothing else to say simply because I am speechless.

Thanks again for giving that to the world.

Love and all that jazz.
Herzing

I agree with Stori.

Beautiful. As I read this, I could hear it being sung in my head.