I drank and drove my friends one night,
my best friend Anne was there,
we went to a party where we talked all night,
I was drunk, and didn't care,
I didn't think too straight,
I never do,
when I'm drunk that is,
now because I'm under age,
I'm not supposed to have a sip,
but thats crap to me.
We were steady driving home that night,
or at least that's what I thought,
but then the next thing I remember,
is running into that pole.
It struck me hard,
it really hurt,
but I was in no pain,
the drunkness of my body,
had no state to claim.
I looked over to the passenger side,
and saw Anne sitting there,
the clear air bag in her face,
blood all in her hair,
I screamed so loud the other girls
looked up with bitter tears,
looked at me with pain in their eyes,
then looked at Anne's hair,
one passed out,
and I just looked,
but gently sliding to my side,
I took the piece of glass lodged in
her head... it wouldn't hide,
I sat her up and looked at her,
still weary of myself,
and tears burned my eyes,
falling to the ground.
There was no pulse,
Anne was dead,
my most best friend in the world,
God why did I drink that night?
I lost her, and it hurt,
I hugged her and then layed her down,
on my lap so limp,
I sat there and prayed so long,
perhaps a minute,
I'm not quite sure,
I was so dumb, at the time I swore,
if this night were the beginning,
she would still be here.
My heart ached and throbbed as I cried for her,
I lost my very best friend,
Anne if you could hear me now,
I'm sorry, I now understand.
I thought about the night,
what I had done,
God, if Anne was alive,
I would bite my tongue.
Never will I drink again,
never will I drive again,
never will I speak again,
without Anne by my side,
now...its time to die.
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