Drunk Driver
4 September, 2003
Author: Mark Spencer
I went out drinking with a few of my friends,
To show off my brand new Mercedes Benz.
We had fun raising hell and painting the town,
We drank so much that we almost drown.
And when our party came to a close,
Taking a cab home was not what I chose.
I decided that I was alright to drive.
I told my friends I'd get home alive.
My luck held out for most of the way,
But somehow I knew my luck wouldn't stay.
Three blocks from my house I ran a red light,
Thinking no one would be out that late at night.
A car crossed my path as I rounded the curve.
I was going too fast and I couldn't swerve.
I hit it broadside, and caused it to roll.
It flipped end over end out of control.
It was all I could do to gather my wits.
As the other car exploded blowing it to bits.
I ran toward the wreck knowing none were alive.
An accident like that, no one could survive.
I prayed that I was wrong, but I saw the driver's face.
They'd been out visiting at her brother's place.
Though I survived, that night I lost my life.
The people in that other car were my son and my wife.
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Comments on this poem/writing:
| Tricia (206.230.22.108) -- Saturday, September 6 2003, 04:51 pm This work of art touches my heart deep down. I had two friends killed because of drinking and driving. I hope this poem is not true. With your permission i would like to print this off and take it to a class or mine that i know kids drink and drive. Maybe it will touch them as it touched me. Great work Tricia |
| Terrie* (65.148.210.71) -- Sunday, September 7 2003, 05:41 pm Mark, i totally agree w/Tricia..this poem touches one deep down in the heart...especially towards the end... it was hard not to let a tear drop escape....now i'm totally speechless.. excellent work!!!!! ( i hope it was not based on an experience) Terrie |
| Michelle (66.161.184.106) -- Thursday, September 11 2003, 03:15 pm Mark, This poem totally got to me. I would have to agree with Tricia and Terrie, it does touch the heart. I really hope that this poem isn't a true story to you. My heart goes out to you! I know many of teenagers, who are close friends of mine, who drink and drive. They really worry me. I'm scared for them, and for the life of others. I would like to show them this poem, hopefully it will make them realize what's capable of happening. |
| brandi (69.14.53.45) -- Friday, September 12 2003, 02:20 pm That poem was one of the best poems i have read in a very long time. i agree with the 3 people above that it defentaly touches the heart. and i also hope its not true. i also know people who have drove drunk and let me tell you i live in fear for them and people around them. i dont know how some one could live with there self if they killed someone because of an immuture act. keep writting i look forward to reading more of your poems. |
| Lynne (213.122.55.73) -- Tuesday, September 16 2003, 01:22 pm I lost my daughter at 13 on new years eve, I lost control of my car on ice and crashed, my daughter was in the back seat and died instantly of a broken neck but I didn't know until later. I was found to be over the limit after we had been out for a meal and a drink. I cannot ever forgive myself, I miss my baby so much and I accidently killed the person I loved the most in the world. It can happen to anyone, it's not worth any risk whatsoever. |
| KitKatrina (68.113.60.103) -- Thursday, October 30 2003, 10:09 am I agree with everyone in here...what a touching story and I hope to God it isn't true.. |
| Ashley R (64.66.196.68) -- Wednesday, November 5 2003, 03:08 am That is so sad! I never expected the ppl in the other car to be your son and wife. I am so sorry! |
| lisa (68.32.186.89) -- Friday, January 2 2004, 04:38 pm drinking and driving is never worh it, but no matter how many times we hear it we still seem to do it. i know i have before, but i lost my aunt a very long time ago, it was one day before her college graduation and her and her boyfriend were killed on their way back from a dance. than just recently a girl around my age, 17 that i hung out with a year before was killed b/c she was drunk and lost control. experiences like these and poems like yours really do make you think twice. |
| lisa (68.32.186.89) -- Friday, January 2 2004, 04:39 pm drinking and driving is never worh it, but no matter how many times we hear it we still seem to do it. i know i have before, but i lost my aunt a very long time ago, it was one day before her college graduation and her and her boyfriend were killed on their way back from a dance. than just recently a girl around my age, 17 that i hung out with a year before was killed b/c she was drunk and lost control. experiences like these and poems like yours really do make you think twice. |
| alexsandra (68.160.15.18) -- Thursday, January 26 2006, 11:27 pm think befor u drive... but it waz so sad and did touch my heat tell me that not true dat the other car was ur wife a son think twice pplz |
| Andrea Lee (65.24.109.8) -- Saturday, April 8 2006, 12:01 am i no a boy who this happened 2 but it was his mom and his grandmother! it was so sad! but yea if this is true sry but u shouldnt drink and drive! |
| Mark (212.183.134.130) -- Tuesday, December 5 2006, 10:33 pm I'm only looking throgh poems because I have had to sit a Drink Driving programme due to being caught doing so, in a routine check. But I can't explain how the poems I read make me feel. It's not worth the risk. You never know whats around the corner. I've been lucky. Many haven't. I'm taking this on board for life!!! |
| Dani (69.230.26.59) -- Wednesday, December 13 2006, 05:07 am I have lost two friends and a cousin to drunk drivers and it makes me sad to think that the driver in this case was a father. I can't imagine the pain he must be in. But he should have thought about the consequences before he chose to drink. |
| Ashlan (64.216.119.125) -- Wednesday, October 9 2013, 05:05 pm may I use this poem? |
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