I got that poem as a chain mail about 5 times so it started to annoy me! It was sad the first time though.

I don't really have a favourite poem but I like 'Education for Leisure' which used to be in the AQA anthology (they took it out - 'promotes knife crime' - but that's why I liked it). Carol Ann Duffy's the Poet Laurete (sp?) now.

Quote Originally Posted by Misawa View Post
It's not fancy, just hard hitting, and I always think it would make a great THINK commercial if read by a girl over just one shot that closes in on a crash.


I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom
So I had a sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
That I didn't drink and drive,
Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right,
The party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece,
I never knew what was coming, Mom
Something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
The kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mom, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
This girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high,
Because he chose to drink and drive,
Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it,
Mom Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
Tell daddy to be brave,
And when I go to heaven,
Put Daddy's Girl on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom
I'm getting really scared.
These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.


I wish that you could hold me Mom,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, "I love you, Mom!"
So I love you and good-bye.
This was sent to me by email. I found it so very powerfull, I have added it to this site. In the hope that even if it stops one person drinking and driving then it has meant something.




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