English is not my first language

Elliot moved closer and closer to the edge
closed his eyes and then let go
What made him do it we can only guess
He cannot tell, we'll never know

Down on the road, right by the bridge
There stood a little boy
Four years old and in his hand
His favorite elephant toy

The boy watched as the man in the scrubs fell down
And hit the water without turning around
Then kept on waiting for the man to come up through the water again
And climb up onto solid ground

There was no way Elliot could have known
About the little boy, his name was Ben
And to little Ben, four years old
Life were to never be the same again

Ben stayed there by the edge of the water
And looked for the man to come up so
Ben would be able to turn around
And in peace walk away and go

But the water didn't move
And the day seemed to have gone all quiet and still
It seemed that the world had gone all silent
And not moving at all until

Suddenly Ben's mother came along
And grabbed him by the hand
Tried to pull him away until Ben shouted
"Mum there was a man that fell. I saw him fall and land"

Mrs. Appleberry, as Ben's mother's name was
As Ben's name was Appleberry too
She stopped and when she saw a body break through the surface
She didn't quite know what to do

Slowly she grabbed her son by the shoulders
And forced him to turn around
"Ben my darling" She said in a shaky voice.
"Just stand here. Don't look up. Just look right into the ground"

She said it as she didn't want
For her son to see what she could
As she quickly dialed nine, nine, nine
And prayed for someone to answer, fast if they only would…

But then as someone answered
She didn't quite know what to say
And at the same time she told herself not to freak out
As she wanted to show to Ben that everything was okay

Ben still stood looking down into the ground
Tears silently running down his face
Ben Appleberry didn't know about it yet
But he had lost something he could never replace

So at last the ambulance arrived
And each of the paramedics gasped when they saw their friend
They pulled him out of the water even though each of them knew
That this life had been coming to an end

Ben was still standing by the edge of the water on the road
His hand still tightly holding onto his elephant toy
His jeans still orange with the knitted Christmas shirt
He looked just like any other little boy

But Ben was not just another little boy anymore
His life would never be the same again
And with that we're going back to Elliot
And for now leave the tragic, young life of little Mr. Appleberry Ben

Elliot was sent to the hospital
In a rush, as fast as they could go
The road wasn't long, it barely took a minute
But already by then, everyone did know

There was nothing left to do
The very last hope had run out
Elliot's heart was kept beating with a machine
But when they turned it off it would stop, they knew without a doubt

Each of his colleagues and friends
Went into the room one by one
Saying their goodbyes to their dear friend Elliot Hope
Who would soon, very soon be all gone

So at last, when she woke up
Elliot's daughter was sent in, and his son was with her too
They sat by each side of their father's bed
James and Martha, were the names Elliot and his Gina had given them two

It was all silent for a while
And then Martha started speaking with tears in her voice
"Why did you do this dad?
Did you really think you didn't have a choice?"

Martha silent again
She didn't know what more to say
James didn't know it either and couldn't help
To blame himself for what happened on that day

"Why did you do this?
You really didn't have to do it dad
I know we said and did some very wrongs, but you're the best
The best one we could have ever had"

Martha silent again
As the machine started beating very loud
"No please don't leave us, not just yet…"
Now James finally spoke, he was just freaking out

Someone came running
Listened to Elliot's chest and then shook his head
Martha, who couldn't keep sitting
Collapsed onto her father's final bed

James still didn't know what to do
At last he hugged his sister as close as he could
Both of them crying loudly for this life
With it, it felt like all hope was out- it would

So at last
Everything just went silent again
But hours later in the night
In his bed laid little Appleberry Ben

Ben couldn't stop thinking about the man that he had seen
Even though his mum had explained her very best
What had happened and what the man was doing
And what happened when the water met with the man's fragile chest

He had tried to think about his favorite things
But nothing was working for him
He had tried thinking about his stories about his elephant
The toy that was named Jim

Jim was Ben's very best friend
And through this day, they had been together through it all
They had both been there by the river
And watched the man in the scrubs down fall

Not even the sweet chocolate with Marshmallows
Ben's mum had given him had helped at all
And still Ben could see over and over again
How the man hit the water after his fall

And so, to try and sleep
Ben started singing on twinkle, twinkle little star
But still Ben didn't know
What happened in the hospital, not so very far

And there at the hospital, in the basement, in the morgue
In some kind of metal bed
Still laid Elliot Hope, father, doctor, friend- and so much else
And now- he was all out, and with him- hope was dead

Well… Ah my, these feels! Well… I hope that you lied this even though it was sad. Ben looks like Owen Bento. I have made a polyvore- edit for him where you can find his clothes for the day and also Jim the elephant toy.

Thank you for reading.