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Danny B. Bourg is the author of "Poems of Life", a book that features over a hundred of his earliest poems. His work has appeared on Poetry.com and in a hardbound collection by multiple poets. Some of his most heartfelt work is posted on the Officer Down Memorial Page. He has written numerous songs and is awaiting the publication of four additional collections of his poems.

Dear Sir by Danny B. Bourg

I'm writing you this letter, but you don't know my name

I need to know the reasons, that in my path you came

I'm not being myself lately, I can't get any rest

So I decided to write you, to ease my mind, at best

I'm a six year old little girl, with ponytails

Sometimes I act grown up, and I paint my nails

I love playing with dolls, I play kitchen too

There's so many things, for a little girl to do

But lately in my life, there's been a lot of change

It happened so fast, I'm left with a feeling so strange

So far away, from my life that used to be

The things that were normal, now are hard to see

I miss my Mother and Father, most of all

Playing hide-and-go-seek, running down the hall

Did you know my birthday, was only ten days away?

I'm sorry, I forgot you don't know me, forgive me I pray

I was playing in my front yard, my back to the street

A noise so loud, then I was swiped off my feet

If you don't recognize me now, after this letter you've read

Because of your drinking and driving, I'm dead