I went to a birthday party <br />But I remembered what you said. <br />You told me not to drink and drive, <br />So I had sprite instead. <br />I felt pround of myself <br />the way you said I would, <br />that i didn't drink and drive, <br />Even though some 'friend' said I should. <br />I knew i made a healthy choice ans <br />your advice to me was right <br />As the party finnaly ended <br />and the kids drove out of sight. <br />I got into my own car, <br />sure to get home in one piece <br />Never knowing what was coming, <br />something i expected least. <br />Now I'm lying on the pavement. <br />I can hear the policeman say, <br />'The kid who caused this wreck was drunk' <br />His voice seemed so far away, <br />My own blood is all around me, <br />as i try hard not to cry. <br />I can hear the paramedics say, <br />'This girl is going to die'. <br />I'm sure the guy had no idea, <br />while he was flying high, <br />because he chose to drink and drive, <br />that I would have to die <br />So why do peopledo it, <br />knowing that it ruins lives? <br />But now the pain is cutting me, <br />like a thousand stabbing knives. <br />Tell my brothers not to be afraid, <br />Tell my mother to be brave. <br />And when when i go to haven, <br />to put daddy's girl on my grave. <br />Someone should have taught him <br />That it's wrong to drink and drive. <br />Maybe if his mom and dad had, <br />I'd still be alive. <br />My breath is getting shorter, <br />I'm getting really scared. <br />These are my final moments, <br />and i'm so unprepared. <br />I wish that you could hold me mom, <br />As I lie here and die. <br />I wish that you could say <br />I Love You <br />and goodbye.<br /><br />Nina Santiago<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/somebody-should-have-taught-him/
