I Could Have Died

When I was three, I almost died
A bead sank down my throat and lodged inside
My sister saved my life
I could have died

When I was eleven, I almost died
An asthma attack to say goodbye
My mother saved my life
I could have died

When I was seventeen, I finally died
I would become sad and no longer cry
Nobody came to save my life
Why couldn't I have died sooner?

Doomed to carry my tomb disheveled
Until the day I’m buried an empty vessel
My soul will never rest easy
Hell’s fiery pits forever tease me

I've waited on this world to show mercy
But only got the weight of it to hurt me
Worst of all I've died inside
I look back upon times I could have died