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One Late Night

It was late that night, his parents told him no
But out the window he still did go
The clock it read 12am, but he left anyways on a certain whim
His hair was dark, eyes deep brown
Never on his face did he wear a frown
In his pockets he pulled out some keys
A key to his car was what he would need
He pressed on the gas put it in reverse
Down the street he would be first
He pulled and parked in front of a house
Where lights were flashing and music came out
He walked to the door and went right in
Everyone looked and then danced again
There in the corner sat all of his friends
"Come on get a drink, before this party end."
He grabbed a drink, started chugging it down
It was a mix of something somebody had found
He was feeling loose, when his friend gave him a pill
And he swallowed it down like it could be no ill
Minutes had passed before he fell to the ground
With people passed out all around
But there was something different about this one
He was no longer breathing; his heartbeat was done
His friend, the one who gave him the pill
Picked up the phone and called 911
"My friend, he's lying here on the floor.
I would bring him to you, but I can't get to the door.
He's not even breathing, he's losing his pulse.
I tried to revive him then he started to convulse.
Hurry, he's dying I can't find a pulse!"
Before anyone knew it the paramedics arrived
But they had come too late, this young boy had died
Tears began to stream down everyone's face
Nothing could comfort, no warm embrace
An officer drove to the parents' home
It was better than telling them over the phone
"Your son, well he has died tonight.
There wasn't a chance of any good fight.
The cause of death induced by ecstasy.
Sudden heart failure was the key.
He was dead before paramedics arrived.
But he had a young friend who tried to keep him alive."
This news had been too much to bear
For the death of their son was so unfair
If only he had stayed home that night
There would be no obituary to shed such light

Copyright © Nastassia Langston | Year Posted 2006

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