The Girl On Tv Poem by Cassandra Elmway

There was a girl on TV, mom
The reporter said she was sad
Because she took a pill, they said
And she hung herself on a wall.

They also said on TV, mom,
That her friends were going to jail
Because they teased her, called her names
And she did not like them at all.

Mommy, they say she was depressed
And did this thing called suicide.
Is she ok? They said she cut her skin,
And she cried a lot.

Mommy, the reporter on the TV
Said she wasn't around anymore,
Is she in heaven? I hope she is
Because she would have been happy there.