She stares upon the white curtains
of the hospital bed where she lay
a girl no more then 17
who lost all that she had to live.
Just one mistake had taken her down
just one moment to ruin her friends life
the family so much like her own
now in tears and feeling like they could die.
A fallen CD had caused this saddness
and a moment to late she tried to brake
having bent over to pick it up
she did not see the truck infront.
The car it went head on
the engine crushed into her lap
her best friend flung from the seat
having not worn a seatbelt
his skull was crushed on impact
he ended up in the others car.
By the time the team got there he was dead
but in her head she could still hear his cries of pain
the pain in her legs a fire of its own
and the hot engine slowly burning at her clothes.
Finally they got her out
she passed out from pain as they pulled
but she couldn't move her legs at all
and heard in the voices around her
she would never move again.
They cut off her crushed legs
and so she lay in a hospital bed
staring at the ceiling and instead of crying for herself
she cried for her dead friend
realizing that even with no legs she was lucky
yet she caused his death and wish it had been her instead.
Author notes
I wanted to write a new poem on somthing that happens in life that not very many people really think about but it's actually very big and important.
A contest entry
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Great write here and yes it happens more than people reallize -
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This is beautiful.
It's really deep. I could feel emotion. Good luck and keep writing!!
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Thats makes me want to cry! its soo, deep? lol, good job hun. -
This is so sad and to true. You should never take your eyes off the road while the car is moveing. I wish I could say that this is not a true story but somewhere in the world this is going on as I type. I wish you luck in the contest SH
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