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Mom...

April 12, 2010
By fairee GOLD, Fort Collins, Colorado
fairee GOLD, Fort Collins, Colorado
13 articles 5 photos 33 comments

I did what you said
I kept my promise
I didn’t get behind the wheel
Jessa said she was sober
She was wrong
If only I could have known, Mom

Kiss Jake for me
Tell Dad I love him
Send Grandma and Grandpa my medals
It will be ok, Mom

I did what was right
I just wanted to go home
I only had one drink
And I didn’t drive
But Jessa did
And now I’m laying here all broken up inside

I’m cold, Mom
I think my head is bleeding
I hear amublances all around me
I feel glass cutting into me
I’m lying lymp on the cold black street
Bright lights are getting dimmer
I’m really trying to hold on, Mom
I just don’t think I can

I’m broken, Mom
I love you
It will be ok
I know that you are my Angel
I know that I am yours
I know that I’m your best friend

Mom, I’ll never graduate
I’ll never have kids
I’ll never get to be an author
Mom, I’ll never get to live my life
Like I should have


You’ve done your best
I have, too
But you can’t keep me from this
I’ll never hurt again
I didn’t drink and drive
But Jessa did

And now my life is ending
And I hear someone screaming
And I think you are holding my hand
And I feel my limp body being lifted into a strecher
I wish you could hear me
I wish I could tell you that I love you

Don’t worry
I’ll be your Angel, Mom
I’ll get you through this
Each breath I take my ribs ache, my head spins
I’m really trying, Mom
It’s gone
I’m gone


The author's comments:
I wrote this for my cousion and read it at her funeral. Just thought its time this was shared with the world. I'm sure you've all heard the lecture before "don't drink and drive" but this is personal. This is real. Hope you like it.

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on Jun. 1 2010 at 5:27 pm
EllaMcFarley BRONZE, Madison, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;See ya later, Herc, it&#039;s been a real slice.&quot; -Megera from Hercules (my avatar!)<br /> &quot;I can&#039;t turn left!&quot; -Zoolander<br /> &quot;Someone get these mother f***ing snakes off this mother f***ing plane!&quot; -Samuel L. Jackson in Snakes On a Plane (funniest movie ever)

wow. 5 stars, this makes me want to cry in a way that only a well-written poem can do

fairee GOLD said...
on May. 9 2010 at 12:07 pm
fairee GOLD, Fort Collins, Colorado
13 articles 5 photos 33 comments
thanks a bunch (:

Rose19 said...
on May. 9 2010 at 10:13 am
beautifully written..