You never really know
How much longer you have to live
Life if what you make of it
You only receive what you give
I swore to him silently
That I would never drink
I made a silent promise to him
I'd use my head and think
I was talking to him
On the computer, on that fateful night
Where four kids were being stupid
And turned out their own lights
It's all fun and games, you see
Until somebody gets hurt
Now sometime this week
They'll be buried in the dirt
Those kids decided it would be fun
To have just one race
Except the fun turned horrible
On my street you'll see the trace
There were screams, tires screeching,
A boom then a crack, and a really bright green light
Those kids made the wrong choice
On that fateful, terrible night
One car ended up in a tree
I can still hear the jaws of life
I know they're all dead
They're cutting the seatbelt with a knife
The other car flew over the hill
Hit a huge boulder in my neighbor's yard
Flipped three times in the air
Hit the generators pretty hard
It's been about two hours
Since they put the cars in gear
And all I can think about is
"Is that somebody I hold dear?"
Those four kids are dead
And I probably know them all
It's going to be hard this year
Not to see them in the school halls
So enough of this babbling
This poem has a purpose, you see
You silently asked me not to drink
It's time for you to return the favor to me
I've written this entire poem
With only one thought in mind
There's only one message to this long poem
So here's what you'll find
I know you get bored and race
But because of this night
I'm going to ask you to stop
Don't turn out your own light
Please don't make me worry
Please do this for me
I'll never bug you about Deja Vu
I don't want you to end up like them, in a tree
This poem probably sucks
But right now I don't care
Brandon, please don't ever race again
Don't you dare.
I saw the bodies come out
I don't want that to be you
The bodies were so mangled, so burned
My worst fear is now very new
I don't want you to die
I don't know what I'd do
Dork, don't you ever do this
I'd be lost without you...
~*~*~hey, sorry for the length, but as an explanation-there was a really bad car accident in front of my house last night, feel free to comment *~*~*~
