Teens Life Taken

a young teenager following the crowd 
drugs and alcohol everywhere to be found 
party time is what they say 
it is time for us to play. 
it is when we all get down 
we have enough to go around. 

then it happens unexpectedly, a life is taken 
but it's not you or me! 
then you find out that it was a friend 
who you partied with till the very end. 

he got behind the wheel of a car 
but didn't travel very far 
he hit the gas instead of the brake 
but by then it was much too late. 
he hit the lamp post doing about eighty three 
it was something that he did not foresee. 

how many more stories must you hear 
before it becomes crystal clear. 
getting high is not the key 
in that car is not where you want to be. 

just think of the friend that you may have lost 
was the party worth the cost? 
think of what they may have become 
if alcohol or drugs they had not done.
Louis rams
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Eastman Avatar
August 1, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Excellent!
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July 24, 2011 at 4:27 PM
this is awesome and full of emotion thanks for your kind words or my work cory
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July 23, 2011 at 9:05 PM
Deep write Louis,..p.d.
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