Goddard's Ghost

Goddard’s Ghost

The wheels of a car screech

In an instant

Another life lost

A telephone pole wrappes around a car

A driver becomes a passenger

Life is so fragile

Could never see it coming

Nothing can stop death

When it knocks at the door

A white sheet covers a body

A loved one lost

A story ending

Hearts keep breaking

Then slowly mending

The worst phone call you can imagine

Has to be made

Funeral bills

That have to be paid

What do you think of

In the moments you die?

Do you have time to scream

Or even to cry?

Broken glass scattered

Messed up grass

The base of a pole

Bent and smashed

That’s all that remains

From one fateful day

When a car missed a curve

And the Angel of Death

Took the driver away…

 

 

 

In memory of the driver who was killed on Goddard April 7, 2009.

 

Reviews

[Sheila Kline]

You have been able to deliver a death message in a way that is most captivating! Sadly, I must tell you that I lost a 16 year old son in a car accidnet, so all that you write of here, I can relate to! It is the call that is the dreaded call, the funeral arrangements, but life must go on..the best that it can!
Good job with this vivid description!
Sheila

[Emmie]

I am so sorry you had to see that. I will say that you have eloquently put the tragedy into words. Fantastic job! I'm so proud of you!

[Fallen Angel]

I once knew someone, who died in a drunk driver accident, this captures all my feelings about it... it really means alot...

[Ali Heart]

I really enjoyed reading this poem. It is so sad and yet full of remembrance. Good Job!

[(:]

I can relate to this. ^^ Except my mom died on a motorcycle, no in a car.
Anyways, I really enjoyed this. It's great, like everything else you write.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Thank you for writing such a wonderful tribute for the driver on Goddard St. I lost my son to a drunk driving accident and it haunts me everyday. Yes, life must go on but as long as I am able to write I will give my son a voice. Thank you for writing such a powerful heart felt poem. Many blessings and prayers to you. Debileah

[Jamie S.]

It gave me goosebumps! A great but sad poem with a catchy title, well done!

[Winter McPherson]

Lovely tribute. Thoughts about death were deep and provoking. The great mystery and sadness of it all was captured.

[deeps]

Oh my! this is sad beautifully written and expressed though.

[allonsy_doctor]

Beautiful. Truely entrancing. It kept me hanging, listening for the true beauty in it, and I was futually rewarded. It was fantastic and touching. You truely know how to get to someone's heart and tear it out with just a depressing poem. This is so real, so true, it's almost as if you had died yourself and come back to life just to tell the weaving tale of death. I truely enjoyed this piece will all my heart, and take this piece as genuinely your best work yet. Thank you for writing this on Writers Cafe and letting us relieve the beautiful essence of your incredible piece.