In the blink of an eye; Kristians Poem

In the blink of an eye:

Alcohol is my enemy,

and I will tell you why.

I had something happen to me,

that made me cry and cry.

I went to a party out in the woods,

Just to hang out with some friends and have a good time.

Alcohol appeared like it was a normal trend,

beers were crackin’ open

and people started to chug.

I looked over to see something I would never want to see,

but my brother, my other half was drinking out of control,

right in front of me.

I could not stop him,

but I still tried and tried.

I had to let it go, and go along for the scary ride.

I watched him through out the night,

and every minute got worse.

He never knew that a little mistake

would change his entire life.

Seeing what I saw next was like getting stabbed

by a knife.

My brother was sleeping,

behind a little red car.

This car started up like the begging in of a race,

and this car backed over my own brothers face.

As hearing the blood curdling scream

he caught the attention of all.

We though it was a dream but them realized

we had to make that call.

No one had service so we took a big risk,

we loaded him up in the car as people clinched their fists.

Blood poured down his shirt,

and on to his friends that loved him.

All people had in there eyes now was hurt.

In the matter of minutes we were at the hospital,

and he was in the hospital bed.

My parents got the phone call no parent wants hear,

but their son was drinking a lot of beer.

and trying to explain it very, very clear.

They got to the hospital in anger and fear

wanting to know exactly what happened.

People started to explain with many tears,

praying to god for everything to okay be back to normal.

My parents went in the emergency room,

having to hold their own son down.

Everyone heard him scream through out the hall,

as the doctor tried to scrub the rubber off his face

from the tire and all.

A little later I went into the room,

not realizing what I was about to see.

So I peaked around the corner,

and saw him in bundles bandages and I started to ball.

I broke down and ran out the room,

realizing he could have been gone forever,

and I would never get to see him at all.

My mom came out side and said,

‘Everything will be okay, I promise’.

I looked at her with tears in my eyes and down my face,

But could not say a thing but felt shame, and guilt.

I replayed what she told me in my head,

and made myself believe.

I got myself together

and went into the room.

I sat by his side as he slept,

but I could not help myself

and just wept.

Many minutes pass.

He moves and opens his eyes.

‘Hi buba’, I say with a smile.

I now know he’s okay.

I know he will still be there for me.

And I know my other half is still here.

I cry happy tears,

and now fear beers.

If you really want to drink,

just stop for a minute and think.

You never know,

but a little mistake may just make you realize,

‘I could be gone in just a blink of an eye’.