She Was Only 16
She didn’t know any better
Was the excuse of the day
And 16 is hard enough
Without sibling children in the way
“I didn’t birth these urchins,”
She screamed for no one to hear
But mom and dad were out the door
In good spirit, full of cheer
Selfish 16 year-olds rarely do as told
And such was true that day
She took the money they paid her
And she was on her way
The girl across the pond would do
So she handed her a twenty
“I’ll be back before they’re home,”
For a good time, she had plenty
And in that smoke filled barn
With laughter, booze and boys
16 year old had few cares in the world
Except for that tell-tale noise
She tried to drown it out
But she knew that she was wrong
And it didn’t matter even a bit
When they played her favorite song
For the noise in her head grew louder
It tugged it shouted it pulled
She knew she had to get home, quick
Her mother could not be fooled
She steadied her hands on the wheel
To relieve the stranger sitter
But the gravel pulled the car from her
And that’s when it hit her
Broken glass around an old oak
Sirens blaring from afar
That one poor choice cost her family
More than just a car
And In the passing days
Hushed whispers full of half truths
Sobbing, crying, asking why?
16 drunk on 90 proof
They say she was babysitting
Left the kids all alone
But she’s not here to tell her side
She resides beneath granite stone
Copyright © Tara Dawn | Year Posted 2019
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