ANOTHER TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS ON DAY ONE OF CHRISTMAS,TAHLIA FELT THE DROPS OF WARM LIQUID FALL UPON HER FACE, THEY WERE THE TEARS OF HER MOMMIE,THE LAST DROPS OF LIQUID THAT SHE WOULD FEEL AS SHE DIED OF THIRST IN THE DESERT SUN, ON DAY TWO OF CHRISTMAS,CALEB LOST THE FIGHT,HE STEPPED BETWEEN HIS MOMMY AND DADDY, HE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR WHEN THEY WERE through, ON DAY THREE OF CHRISTMAS,THREE YEAR OLD CAROLYN HUNG HERSELF IN HER MOMMIES CLOSET,DOESNT THAT SOUND ABSURD OR IS IT JUST ME, ON DAY FOUR OF CHRISTMAS,TOMMYS DAD FOUND OUT HOW WRONG HE WAS WHEN HE TOLD TOMMY TO STAND UP TO A BULLY,NOW TOMMY WAS DEAD AND BURIED AND CANT HEAR HIS DADDYS ADVICE ANYMORE, ON DAY FIVE OF CHRISTMAS,LUCYS MOM FOUND OUT JUST HOW DANGEROUS SECOND HAND SMOKE IS TO A NINE YEAR OLD,THAT’S WHEN THE DOCTOR TOLD HER LUCY HAD CANCER AND WOULD NOT SURVIVE, ON DAY SIX OF CHRISTMAS,THOMAS LOST HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS IN A CAR WRECK,TOO LATE HE REALIZED THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING DID NOT MIX ON DAY SEVEN OF CHRISTMAS,WITH A OVERDOSE OF HERON JAMIE FINALLY MADE A ONE WAY TRIP TO HEAVEN, ON DAY EIGHT OF CHRISTMAS,CARLOS FOUND HIMSELF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN IN THE WRONG GANG COLORS,OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW HIS FATE, ON DAY NINE OF CHRISTMAS,LISA SAW THE DIEING LOOK ON THE CHILD SHE HIT WITH HER CAR, TO LATE NOW SHE WISHED SHE HAD PAID ATTENTION TO THE CROSS WALK SIGN, ON DAY TEN OF CHRISTMAS,BRENDA HAD A HAPPY FAMILY,UNTIL HER DADDY LISTENED TO THE NEIGHBORS LIES AND GOT JEALOUS, NOW SHE IS LIVING WITH THE NEXT OF KIN, ON DAY ELEVEN OF CHRISTMAS,KEVINS MOMMY LEFT THE BOTTLE OF B LEACH ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE WASHER SO WHEN KEVIN GOT THIRSTY AND HE TOOK A DRINK,NOW HIS MOMMIE WON’T SEE HIM AGAIN UNTIL SHE GETS TO HEAVEN, ON DAY TWELVE OF CHRISTMAS,ROGERS DAD FOUND OUT TO LATE YOU DONT LEAVE A LOADED GUN ON CLOSET SHELVES, ANOTHER TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS TO MAKE YOU A LITTLE FEARFUL, AND MAYBE A LITTLE TEARFUL, FOR THESE THINGS DONT JUST HAPPEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY BUT EVERY DAY,AND NOT JUST TO STRANGERS BUT TO PEOPLE YOU ARE WITH EVERYDAY,SO BE AWARE,AND SHOW YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVE ONES THAT YOU CARE, 1