Drink Driving Kills: Poem One, Written by Me

My friends and I were hammered
So heavy I can vaguely remember
It was a dreadful thing that happened
That painful night in December

After the party we scrambled
And ran for my black Mazda car
We drove not wearing seatbelts
Not knowing what was coming afar

I can remember not seeing very much
But a very blinding flash of light
My eyes were all hazy at the time
As I swerved to the right

I didn’t know where we were
As I drove towards the traffic head on
Because of my stupid mistake
My friends are now gone

It was too hard to see anything
As the window was thick with mud
I can still hear all the screaming
And the sight of pouring blood

My body trembled with shock
Because I knew that we had crashed
I had to get cut out of the car
Because the car was too badly smashed

I was the one to tell their parents
No one else except for me
I didn’t just lose a friend
I lost not one, not two, but three

I still have to go to counselling
Since that very painful day’
I am still dealing with the guilt
The guilt that will always stay

So what ever you do
Do not drink then drive
Think of what happened to me
To keep your friends alive