Drinking and Driving

Written 12-1-00

Driving home that night

The car I couldn't see

Until all I saw was light

As the car plowed into me.

All I heard was the crunch of metal

And my painful scream

I felt so much pressure

And then I was set free.

As I lay there on the sidewalk

And in a pool of blood

My love stood beside me

His tears came like a flood.

Now I'm lying down

On a hospital bed

I whispered that I loved him

And nothing more was said.

As the monitor went blank

My heart stopped beating

The next thing I heard

Was the doctors' breathing.

They tried and tried

But little did they know

I couldn't hang on any longer

And I had to let go.

As my family stands beside me

By the hospital bed

The tears are never ending

As they all kiss my forehead.

My spirit was strong

My will was too

I'm sorry it took me so long to say "I love you".

I'm now six feet under

And wishing I were not

I only hope they can put usunder

And move on as they were taught.

This is what happens when you're not responsible

This is the pain it puts everyone through

Don't let friends drink and drive

Because then you'll have to live with that guilt too!