Smart Driving
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Chasm
It is so cruel how the world keeps on turning.
The sun dares to make its way out from the clouds.
The birds mock, the kids play.
The flowers bloom, the wind blows.
How is it not all weeping?
Ever So
We lost him three months ago.
It's impossible that this much time has passed,
but impossible things seem to keep happening
with unrelenting ease.
Impossible things used to seem exciting.
SLAM the brakeWe all doHead zooms forwardLeave body behind
Astral ProjectionRe-enter anewhonk Honk HONK!Head turn, "Do you mind?!"
Walking in my life,
I met one life,
Of one man life.
I like his life.
He speak about Life,
Example life of wife.
I life his face,
It shows his confidance,
Speaking with evidance.
running through the streets in the neon lights in a rush to nowhere.
We start as kids we are all innocent kids,
it’s the experience and traumas we go through that mature us.
A whistling in the air,
powerful, thirsty, compelling one to stare.
A shift of a gear, and away he flies,
a blur in one's eyes.
A scream of power, of love unseen,
as he rushes down the mountain ravine.
Couldn't Stop
I had a choice
Didn't Look
Had to pay the price
I made a decision
And I took a life
Put down the phone
And simply drive
If you only knew the sensation of being jolted awake, 3a.m., time and time again. Until sleep no longer feels necessary to survive and your body and mind become numb.
This poem is about how a close friend getting in a fatal car accident inspired me to raise awareness for the dangers of driving under the influence.
Just one, I have to drive home
The birds are singing a new song, the flower are finally in bloom.
I rush to meet my friends down the street before it turns noon.
Jackie’s bringing the bat, and I’ve got a ball.
I am here, I am here, but where is here?
I remember a blue blurr cutting infront of my sights.
A phantom perhaps or is it me losing my mind.
I panic as I attempt to reverse time.
Time stops, and so does my life.
I am so grateful for you.My brother, my biggest fan.You are so happy.You are so alive.You are going to graduate, can you believe it?It was just my birthday, and we went out to eat.I have a softball game in a week, you will be there. Peter, I am at
I used to walk across Main Street,
gripping my dad’s hand until the journey was complete.
Now, I ease my car down the right hand lane,
gripping the steering wheel, using all of my brain.
Out of High School, Im working
Leaving work music blasting, im swerving
Look down to change to Party PX
Woman slowed down, bumper crash, this isnt my car yet
Keep in mind im in a foriegn city
You just got your first car, but to drive is something new.
Your hands are on the wheel, but they're not at 10 and 2.
You haven 't had much practice and you didn't take the test,
The day is finally here.
I am driving all on my own,
I always wished this day would arrive,
time has really flown.
I would make believe with my friends,
I'm riding in front of you. Hopefully you can SEE me.
In my rearview I see you holding your phone in front of your face.
The budding fruit hangs
Next to a ripe fruit
On the orange tree.
A strong wind blows,
The budding fruit falls,
Swallowed up by the cold ground.
I wish I was older. The common thought of a kid.
Kids are always waiting for tomorrow, for the future.
Kids think that they have a whole life in front of them. That people die when they are old.
I thought the same way.
They gave me the keys during the dusk of a summer day
“We’ll be driving right behind you; you know the way.”
I got into the car, recovering from the August heat
On the last week of third grade,
All of what we knew came to fade.
Our blue sky had turned to gray.
We were told that he would never see another day.
Four wheels and a radio
I am eighteen and no one can touch me, so
Gripped tight and weaving,
Always leaving and entering the free spaces
Tap my brakes here and there just in case.
Something doesn´t feel right.
I look to the passenger seat.
Lonely.
Very lonely in here, all by myself.
Ever I have done this?
Really, should I do this alone?
Three friends.
On a thursday.
Getting lunch.
Another car.
We know them!
Join us for lunch.
Burritos...
Leave at same time.
Rev engine.
Race?
Yes.
Cars go fast.
As I look around
at all of my fingers and toes
I begin to see
Me.
Truly thriving in life
Watching
Observing
Listening
Hoping to begin my future
Your mom texts your phone
“11:11 make a wish”
She’s done this every day
Since you could remember.
You’re eating lunch at school
You shut your eyes
And your mind wanders.
I woke up, surrounded by light, dazed and confused.
Where could I be I asked myself,
Out of the light a voice rings out: “Welcome, you have been taken too soon”
If you do a ton thunder will break out
Under your wheels, squeal
Baby squeal, I step on you, I brake
Watch the smithereens
Spread diamond dust time-lapsed.
Driving can be fun,
But not if you are done.
Driving and booze do not mix
As impairing brains does not fix.
You think you do not matter?
It pays to not create pancake batter.
The night howls
An eerie sound.
Wind and rain
Keep beating down.
I can’t help but ponder
Just how much longer?
There is no way to describe
The feelings you have when someone dies
You lose a vibe
And all of you want to do is cry.
Now, I have a story to share with you
With how people reacted to this person that passed
I went there again
You know...
The dark place
Where I swore I wouldn't go anymore
I did the thing
I said I wouldn't do again
But I did
I'm sorry
i looked at my phone for a second
i heard the ping and wanted to see who it was
it was just for a second
i swear
i had no idea this would happen
i just didn't see her
Five feet from the stop sign, scraped and shivering
From the streaks of air that buffeted
All the world but you.
You squatted on that plastic stool.
Loving you was like;
running all the red lights
Loving you was like being
Rear-ended; going airborne
through the windshield
because a seatbelt didn’t feel mandatory
On this day, I lost a friend. There was a terrible car accident, she was pushed off the road, she died at the scene. All in an instant. She was 22, she was in college with me, she worked as a checker for the local grocer.
They say that things go in threes.
Such as bad luck and the three primary colors but,
Don't they forget about the rest.
They say things go in threes.
Never did I think I would be involved in a car accident
The car was one of places I felt my safest in
Until one day, while driving
And looking down at my phone
BOOM!
In a blink of an eye
Never did I think I would be involved in a car accident
The car was one of places I felt my safest in
Until one day, while driving
And looking down at my phone
BOOM!
In a blink of an eye
Look twice, save a life they said,
I thought once, considering the instruction;
It is known that a great number of lives are lost every day,
Dear Mr.Driver I don't understand
How you can mistake green from red
I know this road like the back of my hand
The pain and suffering to me you had lead
Dear Ryan,
You didn’t know me way back when…
I struggled to read with my kin,
Mom studied by day and worked by night.
Dad held three jobs, struggling with all his might.
Dear Driver,
When you go into you car what did you do?
Did you put on your seatbelt?
or did you turn on your radio?
I sometimes wonder why
You didn't turn off your phone.
I did everything I was told
My eyes count the striped white lines
In the middle of the street.
I speed and the lines zoom by faster.
Making my eyes shake
Back
And Forth.
Unable to count anymore,
They become a solid line.
Im not myself
Outer body experieces contine to plague me
Feeling like I'm on the outside
Looking into my OWN life
This isnt me
I use to be free
Coming and going as I please
There's a party,
Everybody is lit,
Drinking and Smoking,
Posting pics with their new outfits.
Party in a mansion,
Tables turning with red cups,
My team need a coupple hook-ups,
Red for the color of her first car that she was so ecstatic about,
For the stop sign she saw the other driver disregard,
My dad's an alcoholic,
so naturally,
I've always been afraid of him drinking and driving.
Sources say that ever 53 minutes,
someone die from a drunk driving accident.
My dad could easily have been one.
Did you need to cross the street
Staring at google sheets
The walk sign may let you walk, but it doesn’t stop cars from moving
Just one unfocused step could leave you unmoving
They smile as they remember how they met.
She laughs until her eyes are wet.
He can't help but look at her face,
A moment he would never erase.
He's staring at her and he starts to laugh too.
The bright, warm sun shines on my face as I roll down my friends tinted window on my side.
The people in the back, including the driver, roll down their window as well.
It’s one a.m.
The party is slowly fading down,
You can feel the alcohol coursing through your veins,
You’ve drank almost too much to walk,
Four friends caught in a car crash
Two were gone in a flash
Family and friends so torn
All we could do is mourn
Life is as fragile as an eyelash
He knows he’s found the one:
That very special girl.
Her love he’s finally won,
A treasured pearl.
She’s been searching for so long
Heading to your destination
in the car
i call it the modern horse
we drive with our phones
they rode with a whip
we drive with a heater
and a very loud speaker
They had nothing deeper
Laughing, talking
Friends, exploring.
Next thing you know
You're facing a head on
Disastrous situation
That not only can you not control
But you have mere seconds to react
Some people remember
Becoming Me,
Becoming Free,
The road is a passageway of being independent and being me.
The freedom of life is what gets me inside,
The street lights attack my eyes,
Every morning was the same routine but this year I was certain it would be different. Waking up to go to school is not the same as it was last year.
Every morning was the same routine but this year I was certain it would be different. Waking up to go to school is not the same as it was last year.
Was It Worth It
She said goodbye
As she walked out the door
And her mom was scared
For her daughter had her cellphone with her
And it was a brand new car
Life isn't always fair
More questions than answers to share
Life isn't always fair
Much harder with you no longer there.
Had time in my head
Too much time laying in my bed
Had time in my head
70 mile per hour impactYou're bleeding and broken and crackedThe person you hit becomes part of the factsAll because you got side trackedWait 'til you're stopped to answer the phoneDon't eat until you're at home
Why didnt you pay attention
Why didnt you just stop
Why didt you just look up?
Was your phone so important
Look where you are now
Instead of with me you are up in the clouds
If you settle now they’ll save a bow. You’re going down. Let me tell you how. Speeding equals Spending. Only one of them has an N-Ding. If you're going fast you just might crash. Like a potato you might get mashed.
Start the car. You're running late to work. Driving 5 miles over the speed limit can't hurt, right?
Speed. You said 10 miles over was okay, remember?
I wasn’t going to go out
That Friday night.
I know I usually do,
But I was tired,
And I didn’t feel well.
The intern reminds me to sanitize,so I stick my hand under the machine, and foamdrips out. Fingers meet palms, then part.The ethanol slaughters strains of bacteria,which will reclaim my hands in a few minutes more.
You see that girl
You see that mother down on her knees
Crying for help as she lays with that girl with her eye closed
But...you stand there..
He raced his friends to his grave.
And he beat them to it.
The negative effects of his actions, he did learn-
But it was slightly too late.
Now as his soul wonders in purgatory.
Buckle up we are going on a road trip,
Hold up let me text my mother real quick.
Okay let me pull out of the driveway,
I wonder what’s happening on Instagram today.
Both directions is the only safe way to look,
JK. u know i
didn't mean it... / i told u
he'll never say what--
Sarah did what at
the party? / ... / but why did Nate
Two that love, driving and texting each other
to the hope that they will be together.
they have a special place, an intersection where there's all set,
An egg on a leaf
inside sits potential.
Out comes a small
wormlike creature;
one day it will be
big and beautiful.
There is work ahead
of this little worm. It
must fight to get where
I’m out of this world
Snap back to reality
Wars and brutality
But we still suit up formality
Lethal legality
My vitalitie's totality
Young Master has not been home in a while
Master was crying
I could hear her from the big room
I missed Young Master
She had always played with me
Struggling out of the
Cocoon; self made protection.
Still damp with tears,
Gliding in the wrong direction.
The harsh winds of winter,
The burden of this heat.
A short lifespan indeed,
I wish I could live in the moments with you,
The tears fall like the storm blowing that night.
God please help me this can’t be true.
Your beautiful eyes were my source of light.
As the speed on the dashboard says 40, he keeps speeding more as he notices the sound of his phone to distract him from his concentration. He grabs his phone then reads the text "Hey are you free?" from his best friend.
Driving is all fun and Games
until all the fun and games come to an end because of a stupid decision made by you and a friend
Fear
Is giving her the keys to her first car
watching her disappear down the road.
Fear is seeing the same model car crushed
The man walked across the street and picked up a can out of a recycling bin. He placed the can in a plastic bag in his shopping cart. It was dark out. He had a long white beard.
Please say something I’m giving up on you
The silence is almost too much to bare
Utter my name so I know you still care
I was in the ocean in the middle of nowhere
and I could hear the ocean cry as if it had lost some part of it
while the wind howls just like wolves howl when they lose a part of there pack
Hours on the road
Radio blaring
Eyes wandering the pavement
Like dark blue nomads
With each slurred eigth note
There's a sway in your neck
A stoplight is a green light
To text me back
My life is upside down
from reality to fantasy
Nothing in life has gone right
since my accident
drowing in water while my body s competey upside down
I solemnly swear as I raise my right hand,
To salute this nation's flag
With your name on my wristband
Civilians don't really understand
Your'e flying down the road feeling amazing, feeling alive
You got a buzz going, and run a few stop signs
But that's ok! No one was hurt, and you're still feeling great
I invented a car with four square wheels!
It's got one rubber ball engine
And eight hands that maneuver it across the lands.
The ball that is
I stay still.
Nobody said I like to travel.
Phones everywhere
Babies, kids, teens, adults, elderly
Everywhere I look there's a phone
Students, teachers, drivers, policemen, firemen
School, funerals, weddings, births, accidents, parties, fights
I don't quite remember the whole visit;
was it even all real?
I was too high on narcotics, too tired from lack of sleep, and in too much pain to care.
Ring, Ring the alarm clock rang,
Isa rolled out of bed with a groan and a bang,
Looking at the time realizing how late it had become,
The morning routine was cut and out the door she had run.
BING.
You hear the phone on the dash-
You knew that you were driving,
"But I'll be done in a flash!"
A ping and a pop-
you send a text to Mr. Dop.
BUT LITTLE DID YOU KNOW
D; D stands for the desire in his eyes to be fishing
U; U stands for the underlying devotion he has for XBOX
Breathing.Waking up late because IStayed up late.I wasDrinking.He wasAngry.Now I’mTexting.No answer.Texting.No answer.Texting.
Blame it on the other car, they should have seen me it’s called being a careful driver.
Blame it on the sender they should have known I’m with them right now,
I don't know how it happened
How you dissapeared
One minute here
The next
Gone
You hit the person in front of you
We all assumed you didn't do it
We made up stories
The news rang in my ears
I didn't know how to accept it
"She's brain dead"
I hear it over and over
A constant reminder
I can still see your face
Hear your voice
Promising me I'll be okay
“Where you at?” sails through the air
Approaching 4G speed
A varied vibe and patterned pulse
Illuminates the screen
The familiar buzz that grabs the brain
Seventy-five miles per hour.
You'd think it'd be enough.
But no, you're feeling tough,
Invincible.
One car length for every ten.
I thought we all learned it when
We were sixteen years old
Stopped in front of the old dirt road.
I usually do what I'm told.
And that night the warmth felt so damn cold.
I was feeling young but too old,
anticipating the trouble I'd watch unfold.
India is famous for its food and spices,but from some years it is facing some big crisis.
Tick loves to tick me off!
Tick is a small unidentified creature.
A smirky grin is his best feature.
Tick is my car's worst enemy.
He knows how to get the best of me.
At night while I sleep,
Suppose what n why I see
Suppose what n why I see inside me
what is it and why it picked me
the probem is its wicked to me at
this point suppose what n why I
Texting and driving really makes me tick. People don't know how their eresponsibility makes me freaking sick. They put young souls on the line thinking its fine, saying crap like nobodies life is at risk not even mine.
Tap, tap, my foot hovers the gas.
One way road,
Too illegal to pass.
Take off your cruise control mode.
It's forty five,
You swerve to the right,
Why are we so in love with a culture we hate?
We push and pull and try to seperate from the gadgets that we can't let go of.
We sit with friends, real-life people,
but we tap and scroll and like the posts we see on social
For just a split second your heart had stopped.
You heard the obscene collision prime;
then came the image, as your mouth dropped
with shock, you craved a bit more time.
Your face was one of many that I took for granted;
Months went by before I remembered your name.
But it seems now the girl nobody knew
has been forever and always christened with fame.
What a shame.
An average Monday after school
I just want to get home; this rain is killing my mood.
The bleak sky opens up like tears
When I'm sitting here behind the wheel,
people are speeding foot and heel
"Slow down" I must say
"Others are in the way"
Their victims, how sorry I feel
Dear John,
I wish I got to talk to you before you hopped in the car that night
Just to catch up, hear about your sights
We always knew that you had the vision
A nineteen year old soldier, on a high speed mission
Raven,
slow down!
where you are going is not worth
your life
their life
no ones life.
slow down!
you'll get there in time
better in peace than in
p i e c e s.
There's a moment in everyone's life where
a person who they thought would always be there disappears.
It might be because of death, divorce, money or pride,
but for some people it's just the roll of the tide.
Stuck here,
In this chair.
Hey man at least its got wheels.
I never get to leave this thing.
It sucks,
Day after day I sit here,
To be honest;
Its not even that comfortable.
Years of crushing loss and death.
She lost a son, he lost a brother.
When will you stop, take a deep breath?
Stop to think, before she loses another.
It’s not a big deal, right?
After working late into the night
She gave into that morning thought
His smile pierced through troubles
Walking away with joy and virtue
“I come back, Naum!” he said
Words he could only pursue
He laughed because it was funny
And some were expected to show,
But their love was unsure.
We crossed over the river,
And there was no tension;
It was a day in the life.
The absence was a dividing wall,
Lord, make me a chair
Where I can support people
Yet still stand on my own
Use me in all different ways
But in the end, still be the same
People will mistreat me
Take advantage of my ability
Where R U?
Cant U answer my text? See U at 9?
Party is gonna be wild; hope U make it in time.
-B There Soon-
Where R U?
Are U lost? Need the address?
Not a drink in hand
or drug in sight
Behind the wheel
Hold on tight
Speed was his drug
Racing for fun
No thoughts of danger
Just a game to be won
He was just eighteen
Delicate is that fancy cell phone held,
that sharp bottle sits, that youthful face drives.
Seeing the speeding truck.
Hearing screeching tires.
Feeling the cars collide.
Fear gripped me as my eyes closed.
Opening my eyes brought on,
the smell of burnt rubber.
The slight taste of blood.
That day was just another day of rain.
There is no other time where I have felt more pain.
With overwhelming fear, and doubt on my mind.
I fought every day to stay alive.
What reasons did I ever have to stay here?
I see you there in the back row
Laughing like a pro
But tell me is it still funny
When it’s you on the road?
When you’re the one that’s suffering
The harsh and painful blow.
Tell me is it funny
As I drove along that treacherous bridge
The cringe worthy icicles pattered on my windshield
Oozing from the frozen foliage that crowded the overpass.
My car trudged slowly but confidently,
In the midst of dayThere I sit in my roomAnd stare awayMy water is tainted and condensendingAnd my mind slowly blows smoke ringsI watch the stoney trees
Did you hear?
He was just texting her
He took his eyes off
Just for a second
A second couldn’t matter
It’s just a moment
Did you hear?
She was so wasted
She tried to go home
I'll only write once at 8 am,
I'll write once again at 9.
The true test comes at 10 am because I've had all I can to eat,
Including the wine.
The words are harder to understand,
It happens so fast, you hardly can explain, the lights begin to flash and then comes to pain
I had a friend, whose name was Sam
Sam was always smiling
He went driving one day, and then BAM!
The car was flying, flipping, and rolling
Sam had received a text on his phone
His smile was contagious
His arms were so spacious
With his height and his might,
This boy had me gone
I didn't believe he would hurt me
He could do no wrong
He was my dude, my man, my baby,
She didn’t even see it coming,
The car attempted to slam on its brake,
Unfortunately it was too late to start running,
Her life, the car was determined to take.
I vaguely remember my father. I was three years old when he died, so his presence in my memory is distant. I view photographs of the short time we had together and the love he showed towards me.
We're going steady,
Enjoying life,
Working hard, having fun.
Wishing now I had a chance to say goodbye.
If it was not for that fool,
What was he thinking,
Texting,
Driving,
Panic.
Despair.
I'm running out of air,
The ground is coming up,
I have no way to stop,
Wait!
I don't want to die,
I wanna live.
You sit, alone and afraid, staring down at the white floor, the killer still in your hand.
You sit, head throbbing from when you were hit.
Your face cut by glass from the window that showered down like hot sand.
Opening my bleared eyes
Not clear of what happened
I feel sharp pains clawing at me
Everywhere
I feel something warm and wet sliding down my face
I want to sit up, but I seem to be stuck in place
I've never imagined such a blinding pain
The cool ground beneath me is keeping me somewhat sane
She looked down for a second,
She swore this wouldn't no longer happen.
Then she swerved, and that's when God beckoned.
And now the coroner is asking questions.
The screen is lit up, laying on the asphalt;
The icy wind peels back your outer core
Unprotected; as you were from the moment
The contractions won and you tasted
Bitter, bloody air. You close the door.
Turn, and face the face of pity. Snarl at it.
she sings the lullaby that used to make him sleepy as a baby
"i heard the truck turned too sharply and he was passing too close, it tipped over his car and..."
She's just a girlfull of dreams and hopesimagination as big as texasdaddys little princess
Completely indescribable, the feeling of love.
Scarily unreliable and fickle, yet fun.
Falling right in, like a push, like a shove.
Then she roars away, shooting off, a bullet from a gun.
Aching, screaming
Shortness of breath,
Begging, pleading
Wanting to cheat death
Bargains, promises
It will happen no more,
If only time froze
And would rewind to before.
I, too, once looked like you.
Danced without fear
To entertain was my goal.
Distracted by a distant thought,
Describing my favorite movie to a friend,
Drove as if the road had no end.
I walked in that morning
Not knowing what to expect
the classrooms were quiet
accept for the crying with no regret
I figured that class would be boring
then the tears came pouring
Stop! Wait!
Think before you check your phone
Think before you reply to that text
Think, think about what youre risking: Your life.
Think, is this text worth putting my life in danger? NO!!the answer is no
Trust.
Defined as the assured reliance on the character, ability, or truth of someone or something.
Trust is Knowing that what you believe in, what you put your hope in
will not abandon you
There is a hole in the ground that seems to call my name,
It sinks six feet and is roughly three feet wide,
And it calls my name.
I ask who's there and try to keep a distance,
"Hey mom how are you I'm calling to say I am on the road and that I love you.""I love you too be safe out there wouldn't want our precious daughter to be injured and right before the big game too!"
I see your tears everyday and just want to hold you tight,I hear you when you cry in your pillow every single night,I watch you go to work and whisper I love you in your ear,
Death is but once, a journey of lavishness
On Earth it leaves a linger of sadness, but in the realm of paradise nothing but gladness.
It starts as a dream seeming as reality, driving the care-free into insanity.
Driving the car
got a text from a friends
asking "where you at"
I look down at my phone
the next the thing I knew
I hit a boy crossing the street
OH NO HE'S Dead
Now spending 50 years in jail
One drink,
That's all it took for her best friend to feel good.
Two drinks,
That's all it took for herself to feel good.
Three drinks,
Four drinks,
Five.
Her best friend got behind the wheel,
The car,
speed,
freedom,
and a friend
Plus trees,
music,
darkness,
and a bend
Equaled me,
no feeling,
but for him,
the end.
Cursing lights flood the dark,
Stains of grey upon the road
Twisting, Wrenching
Streams Slip
Slowly, slickly, down the damp
hills hidden behind the curve of my left shoulder
----suntanned, scarred----
I can’t roll out of bed the way I used to
It’s not that I’m depressed or anything, I haven’t been 14 since 2006
My rib may be broken
Me and my car share fracture wounds
We are both broken at the front right
I had this vision
That you had died
The most horrible of deaths
You lay there cut into two
And your entire being covered in red
Please Don't Drink and Drive as I tell my friend why
She says she's really ok to drive, As I tell her I want us to stay alive
I don't want us or anyone else to die, or have our families in pain as they'd cry
As the evening sky keeps shinning bright, I'm going out with friends tonight
I'll ask my Best Friend to PLZ...GIVE the KEYS! (To Me) so, we'll have plenty more days to see
RING! RING! Click!
A text came through
It reads "WHR R U?"
Not parked, moving motion
CRASH! SLAM! SCREECH! What's the commotion?
Three spins and a twist your wrapped around a pole
Two hands on the wheel- sweaty palms
You're trying your best to just stay calm
Mirrors have to be adjusted
You have to prove you can be trusted
Look left and right
Don't let anything out of your sight
Why?
Why did this happen?
Why did this happen to me?
I kept my seat belt on, mom and dad.
I never drank beer at the party, mom and dad
I never drove home drunk, mom and dad.
It won't happen to me, I said. That's a sad story, but it won't happen to me. I'm invincible. A teenager. My "whole life ahead of me". It won't happen to me. I'll do everything right. I promised. I won't drink and drive. I agreed.
All I see is a blur
No shapes, figures, or inanimate objects
I watch things go by me slowly
Specks of light shimmering
Blasting horns sounding like people cheering
Voice #1
I'm a sober driver
My vision is clear
I'm driving in the correct lane.
I see that the light is red.
So the car is brought to a halt.
My distance is equal from other cars
I saw the moon rise from the edge of a cave
And for a moment considered, “Well, what if I stayed?”
But fireside longing is not a game played
with the World at your feet and a Heart that is brave.
We laid all night under the dark, night sky.
“Together forever”, we used to say.
Held hands and counted the stars.
God is good, “Thank you”, I prayed.
There once was a boy named Rex
He liked to drive and to text,
He was almost home
He got on the phone,
He died from a broken neck.
What’s going on mommy? Why am I on the ground?
Why aren’t you moving mommy? Why are there people all around?
We were at your friend’s house at a party on Christmas Eve.
But I was tired and cranky so we had to leave.
The windows were open,
The message was sent.
And there was a crash,
Susy's face is a wreck.
Thursday morning, just like any other
I wake up. the vibe is different.
I have yet to find out, but
something is wrong
It was a cold and bitter morning
She had just woke up,
It was icy and snow had just fallen;
Things might be different now, if it
wasn’t for that horrible turn.
Why does it seem like God takes the good people early?
It was not until he called you that I realized I had something amazing all along.
Tender gasoline coats the meadow –
You look half dead half the time, dear.
Children dream of willow fires and –
Why don’t you pick the car up, dear?
Violent burns open you up from below –
Snow falls, tires spin. A slight misconception and our worlds turn. Clenched fists, helpless, the car screeches on with uncertainty. As metal meets its kin, the sensation begins, the air filling up with smoke keeps you from breathing in.
As you embark on your journey,
To that world so far beyond,
I think of you with sadness
The girl too young.
Your smile is glued to my mind
When you would shout as you sang.
Why did you go so soon?
You always loved that long-board of yours, you said that while on it you felt you were flying
How could you know that a drunk driver would be the end of such flight ?
It was dark- it was at night
I swerved, the curve didn’t deserved
Collision colossal in that decision
Lost my life along with my religion
Because I never listened
Drunk driving driving drunk
100 on a 60 with liquor in the trunk
My heart is racing. I'm waiting for you, by the door.
You told me you'll be quick.
The time is growing longer, i'm sick. 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4.
Where are you, my love? Why haven't you walked through my door?
Alive I am Alive yes I am Alive
My bones tingle with the energy of life itself
The energy of life surrounds me it protects me it cradles me, guides me
guidance
Man I’ve been studying all week and haven’t had a break
I need some fun and a night out to keep me awake.
Instead of the club I go to the gym
Then I get a text from him.
He won’t be able to talk on the phone tonight
Life would be unbearable without her.
Nightmares would rain down, cascading over my dreams without her.
Breathing would be cold. Stale. Harsh. Without her.
I knew that when I’d fall asleep, I’d only dream of you.
And of the Last rose I’d ever get from the man that loved me too.
And when the night is over, I wake up and I cry.
Death, murder, heartache, incarceration
The very things teens attempt to avoid
Texting and driving
The very thing that can lead to it all
I sit in math class,
Trying to think, trying to learn,
"That party on Saturday,
Was so crazy"
"She passed out"
"They went upstairs"
"We had to throw her over a fence,
She was so drunk"
This Poem is my everything. If you can, just listen and let me know what you think!
Drinking and driving, sounds like a joke Who would risk their life for a so called joy ride?
Her name was Elena
Chubby cheeks, a giggly girl
Hardly cried in infancy
Discovered dyslexia at age three
Her name was Elena
Determination, Pursuit
Working hard everyday
yellow was the color of innocence
the color of our freshman year
it was the shade of the v-neck you bought at forever 21, on our trip to the mall
yellow, the color of the cheesecake we shared for mary’s birthday
She gazes blankly at the wall,
pondering what to do next.
Is this her final curtain call?
All because of one heartless text?
Angel, you lay there cold, still
In that pure white casket.
Not a single breath passes from your perfect, pink lips.
Your long blonde hair cascades down your back
and is a perfect halo around your beautiful face.
She gets to the party around nine, or ten
A familiar high school scene, getting high and drunk again
Inevitably one of her friends' parents are out of town again
Tears fall like rain on a deathly still face,
There’s no hope for her now, she’s in a much better place:
A place with no sorrow, a place with no pain
Still they clench her hand tighter, scream “Wake up!” in vain,
I can be any color you imagine, any style you want me to be
I can take you anywhere to anything you want to see
My transportation may be great, but I am dangerous too
With anyone's hands at my wheel this is certainly true.
Rolling to a grateful stop, post-passing by the zoo.
Or perhaps the better phrase is cutting our way through.
Yes Houston traffic is a mess, but craziness aside
Ive made it here - to fight anew - the Lord my Help and Guide.
Life is unexpected
What happens will happen
One cannot changes their fate, but can only accepts it
One phone call, one mistake end it all
End of the road
I look forward to
rolling down the streets at you
in tiny plastic cars.
But Saturdays can’t come too soon
the streets are black, you won’t call back
till late afternoon
Just a few drinks they said
You’re not that drunk
You can totally drive they said
It’s okay.
The night is slowly coming to an end.
Everyone is leaving,
He only lives right around the bend.
No one notices what he’s about to do,
He left quick,
Before they could think it through.
“The faster you go, the safer you’ll be,”
They all will say;
But they don’t know the price you will pay.
Down the mountain,
In the dark,
Perhaps after the race
Under the dirt is where you will park.
It was dark, the road was wet
where are you was all it read
you check your phone like it’s no big deal
not seeing the danger in the nearby field
the deer runs out and your try to swerve
(poems go here)Sure sign of a good time
Here we go
Don't get a ticket
Ok
Downtown exits
Artfully crafted
Designed to make a difference
Speed limit 45
Hazardous cargo
55
Poem to Promote Safe Driving
You are dead.
I am not.
You should not be dead.
I should be dead.
It’s my fault. My fault I texted on I-79.
Of course, it’s a closed casket today.
No one wants to see.
A crawling crack in the cold ice, a minor flaw
The water below, bursting, seeping through the breaking jigsaw
Creaking and shrieking, the sheets of water cried as they were leaking
The phone will rattle
in your cup holder,
knock around spare change.
Do not take your hands
off the wheel. Do not
pay it mind. You know
it will be your friend
or your boyfriend
or your mother,
He never once thought...
"It could happen to me."
It was always the other; the guy you see standing
shocked, by the roadside, with eyes unbelieving.
"Wanna try?" my friend, Megan, asked me, in a slurred voice.
She handed me her drink and before I could answer, she ran over to her friend's Rolls- Royce.
Cold air blows
upon my pale face.
Where am I?
It's white
its lonely
What is this place?
I rise to find
im in a hospital bed.
Braces on my arms
cuts on my skin
You’re swaying and swerving
Lurching, and slurring,
And driving.
Down old country roads,
Through towns we don’t know,
And you’re swerving.
The radio’s blaring, and everyone sings.
If I could text you from the other side,
There would be only one thing to say,
Live your life one day at a time and
Never text and drive.
My message from the other side
Is that life can be short and sweet,
It was dark, the road was wet
where are you was all it read
you check your phone like it’s no big deal
not seeing the danger in the nearby field
the deer runs out and you try to swerve
where r u?
you looked down cause you felt that buzz..
where r u?
don't do it girl, you're almost home...
where r u?
no, girl, keep your eyes on the road..
where r u?
Mommy said it's time to go.
But mommy, mommy I must let you know.
What is it sweetheart, what must you say.
Mommy mommy, I just want to stay.
But darling, darling, it's time to leave.
This, not too long ago was a big impact
being free was too much responsibility
still young, only saw the colorful things in life,
didn't care about consequences
didn't care about the costs
