My name is Jamie.
I am five.
My parents think
I'm still alive.

One day after church
A man grabbed me and then
He pulled out a gun
And put it to my head.

"If what you say is true,
Then this boy won't die."
He pulled the trigger.
Mommy cried.

My parents were sad
For a very long time,
But eventually they decided
I was still alive.

Mommy prays for me.
She says I was "saved."
That I'll live forever
In a wonderful place.

I'm not sure what she means.
I'm still here.
I've been watching my parents
All these years.

They don't seem to hear me
And I don't think they can see
That I still live in our house
Just invisibly.