Who Would Know by Melissa Hensle
Who would know these kids were drunk
driving in our town?
I was coming out of the parking lot,
they hit me, I spun around.
All of a sudden my short life flashed
before my hurting eyes.
I started thinking about all the fun
I had with mom, dad, and the guys.
Then I hear the siren guy say there is no chance -
She will die, I also felt my spirit go up into the sky.
Why does my family have to suffer,
for something they didn't do?
I just pulled out of a parking lot and now my life is through.
I am only 19 years old now,
my family's life is going to shatter,
and the civil case will not matter.
The expense of my funeral will bring them down,
me lying in a casket,
my family and friends all on the ground.
Just because those kids thought they were cool,
drinking and driving in my town.
driving in our town?
I was coming out of the parking lot,
they hit me, I spun around.
All of a sudden my short life flashed
before my hurting eyes.
I started thinking about all the fun
I had with mom, dad, and the guys.
Then I hear the siren guy say there is no chance -
She will die, I also felt my spirit go up into the sky.
Why does my family have to suffer,
for something they didn't do?
I just pulled out of a parking lot and now my life is through.
I am only 19 years old now,
my family's life is going to shatter,
and the civil case will not matter.
The expense of my funeral will bring them down,
me lying in a casket,
my family and friends all on the ground.
Just because those kids thought they were cool,
drinking and driving in my town.
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Well my cousin was killed by drunk driving kids last year when she was 19. After her funeral I came home and sat down and began to write this poem called "Who Would Know"
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Hey this is a pretty intense poem i like your style of writing it really made my emotions jump and that is what writing is all about. Keep up the great work - jane |
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I really loved ur poem! - rosa |
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This is a very heart felt poem and I almost cried when I read it. Having the experence to write this peom has made really good. - Diana |
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i realy liked this story - brandi |
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Wow! I thought that this poem was great It was so sad it even brought tears to my eyes ! - Kat |
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omg this poem is soo beautiul i started to bawl! - hali |
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This poem really touches out on the problem of drink drivers. I feel sympathy to the auther. - Tina |
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I like it cause this is so ture about drinking you never know what is going to happen in real life and there are a lot or people out there that just don't care at all and i think that they should. - inez |
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BEAUTIFUL but SAD! - Brianna |
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this is a great poem it is very touching and it reminds me of my best friend that was killed by a drunk driver. im sorry this happened to you too. makayla - Makayla |
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This poem really touched me. I am 20 now, and 2 weeks before my birthday my parents, sister, and brothers were hit in a head on collision by a drunk driver. I never really understood why this happened. I mean I thought that the people that got killed in the drunk driving accidents were the drunk drivers, not the innocent people. I felt that it was all my fault, because if it hadn't been close to my birthday, then they wouldn't have gone out. (they were on there way back from going shopping for me) Your poem has brought me back to the night that the police came to my house, and helped me realise that this would have happened to someone else if not my family. And I would rather be the one to deal with this than have someone else go through this. - Jennifer |
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This poem tells you why you shouldn't drink an drive. You can seriously injur or kill somebody. I think kids need to read this poem, and then they will decide if they want to drink and drive. - Shelby |
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*sorry to hear about your friend* the poem was great realy good well done good on you - kellie |
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That peom was excellent, it made me really sad, and i'm doing a book report on it at school. - kathy |
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This poem touched me deep dowwn. It almost made me cry. It brought back deep memories of my loving sister Hannah. She also died of some careless drunk driver. I hope your poem will help people relize that drinking and driving is a painful crime, which they shouldn't do. - Jessica |
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Hey thats a really great poem and if its true im very terribley sorry. - kourtney |
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what an amazing writter you are!This poem reflects the true image of a life lost to impaired driving. Too many innocent people are killed to this crime. - patti |
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that poem is so true. so many people have that happen to them. that really touched me deeply and truly, i just had 3 people die in my school becuase of a drunk driverso i can relate to the poem really well - amanda |
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i thought that this poem was very toutching cause me and my family were in a drunk driveing accident and my mom and my sister almost died and i lost mt best friend to a drunk driveng accident and so i am gald to know that i am not the only one going threw this pain and i am sry about ur aunt by breanne - breanne |
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This poem was very touching. I also recently lost a young family member which involved alcohol. I hope and pray that others will make smarter choices about drinking and driving. - Anequay |
