• As I woke up early one morning
    Dread filling up my heart,
    I slowly got dressed for school
    Another boring day to start
    The date was December 5th
    Thank god it was a Friday,
    I could sleep part of the weekend
    While having spare time to play
    After the final bell rang
    I made my way to the door,
    However my teacher stopped me
    Saying she needed my help once more
    She wanted me to sell T-shirts
    To help the school get some money,
    I was to work that day with my friend Tanner
    At least he was pretty funny
    We would talk and joke about many things
    About Christmas and what we would say,
    To get the presents we wanted most
    Until we were done working that day
    By the time Monday came around
    I didn't want to explain my reason,
    For not getting excited that Christmas was near
    And celebrating the holiday season
    After talking to one of my friends
    I handed my mother the phone
    She looked at me asking what was wrong
    As my heart quickly turned to stone
    I felt my heart crumble to pieces
    I suddenly collapsed and cried,
    My mother came to me, asking what was wrong
    And I told her that Tanner had died
    We held his memorial in the school gym
    I held in my tears even though it was hard,
    Just imagining his parents returning his gifts
    Erasing his name off his Christmas card
    I have moved on and will still enjoy Christmas
    But one date will never be the same,
    Tanner died December 6th
    Before Christmas Came....