Another Friday late night high school football at it's peak we stand we cheer fight fight! we moan as they crush us.. we cheer in sweet victory now it's out of sight outta mind there's a party on the other side of town. we cruise on down scattered beer cans lay on the ground , u turn around cocky school boy grin u whisper u love me u urge me to take a sip u say it won't hurt U'll feel alright then i remember your faces all the times u thought u talked in vain mom u worried but dad u said u knew u 're little star will make the right choices u 're proud of u 're baby girl. i hear u so i turned him down and u cussed my name turning to u' re friends as u laugh in my face. i know what's coming ,my way come Monday it'll start in the park tomorrow / how i dread tomorrow/ the night begins the sickening smell is too much to bear i beg to leave u turn away and laugh at me confusion fills my brain u said u loved me so how can u leave me on my own? i rush away and never see him standing there wow can it be? little Sam Mccan is now a man is this the Same boy who my friends and i use to taunt and tease? he's now staring back at me holding back tears of shame i plead he'll take me home he seems sober so it'll be ok. how can it be i never noticed the deep blue of his eyes the suave in his hair.. the way his laughter comforts me , now i see it as we drive away far from this party scean. we head into town to caught a late night movie we grab coffee / we share a laugh reminisce / we share a good-night we agree to give this thing another chance tomorrow will meet how i can't wait for tomorrow. we drive home slow it's late he turns to wink at me a sweet smile i can't erase from my mind..tires squeal someone yells oh shit that was me.. glass shatters metal twists around tree's I'm flying but wait i never agreed to this trip where am i going? someone please tell me..light fades to darkness/ i awake bright lights flash before me.. i hear the men in blue say these were good kids what a shame this young man just cut down their lives i wonder if he thought .. i wanna cry out but pain cuts me like a 1000 knives i struggle to see who did this to me? do they know I'm only 17? i see it in u' re eyes u weren't fit to drive this late night..how is this justified? u walk away with that cocky grin while i look up and breathe my final breath of life you've just stolen from me.. i hear the men say the boy's parents knew there was alcohol i wonder did they provide at all? why did they leave this party unattended? hey men in blue can u promise me just one thing? tell our mommas were not to blame we heard what they said we said NO! tell my lil sister it's ok to cry u can be sad but only for a little while please go on and be happy.. tell my daddy I'm sorry for the times we fought and i love him so much..could u tell my lil bro he's only 13 to think before he drives in 3 years times or he could be laying here one late night/ thinking he has 4eva
s of tomorrow's that just aren't guaranteed / u make one choice and it effects lives/ u can't change/ it's too late/ when u start to slip please remember me i didn't die look up u 'll see me only 17/ i was born again in the kingdom of heaven where i plan to live for eternity.
Author notes
I wrote this in response to all the reports on the news and in the papers of all the teens dying from drunk driving especially two teens from my area who died after a party that a kids parents provided the alcohol and left the party unattended. four teens drove away the driver was 18 the kids who died were around 16 or 17 juniors at our local h.s one was a football player. it just made me question how things are in this country everyone blames teens but what about the adults? the parent did a few months r so in prison and that's it/ two kids died where's the justice?