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Beatrice Boyle
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0 posted 2006-12-29 06:23 AM



She was a vision in pink
Yellow curls spilling down her neck
Her tiny hands still clutching flowers
When they found her in the wreck!
She had walked down the aisle
An adorable flower girl,
Tossing rose petals to and fro
Smiling her last smile
But how were we to know?
A tiny life cut short
In the middle of the night
Leaving grieving parents knowing
Their world would never be right!

“Have another drink my friend
Why not have two or three
I’m all alone tonight
And I want some company
What’s that you say
I’m too drunk to drive?”
Yes you were my friend
Now that little child’s
No longer alive!
Was that drink so important
That you could take a life
The fact that you survived
Haunts that husband and wife

They will always remember
When they found her in that wreck
Her yellow curls were covered in blood
Her head severed at the neck!
So have another drink my friend
As you step up to the bar
I wonder how many people you’ll kill
When you get into your car!



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Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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1 posted 2006-12-29 06:31 AM


oh Grandma Bea... how sad... we have a drink driving campaign here at the moment... it goes "if you drink and drive you're a bloody idiot'  our road toll for the Christmas period is already in double figures - how sad for the families left to grieve...

RDB

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2 posted 2006-12-29 09:22 AM


When will they ever learn?

passing shadows
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displaced
3 posted 2006-12-29 10:52 AM


each wreck a tragedy

very powerful writing here Bea

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
4 posted 2006-12-29 11:04 AM


Beatrice,
That is but one of the many that has to be
looked at. Good write

Beatrice Boyle
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5 posted 2006-12-30 08:47 PM


Thanks Romiece, I posted this (true story) now, as I thought it appropriate for New Years Eve.

Bea

Beatrice Boyle
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6 posted 2006-12-30 08:52 PM


Hi Interloper...regretably, some never will!

Happy and Safe New Year.

Bea

Beatrice Boyle
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7 posted 2006-12-30 08:53 PM


Yes Shadows...those parents will be haunted forever by the fact that the driver beat a murder rap charge and got a slap on the wrist!
Beatrice Boyle
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8 posted 2006-12-30 08:59 PM


Hi Seymour...I always dread New Year's eve...especially when my kids were young and driving.  As you can see from the above, you can be the most careful driver in the world, but some idiot that has had one too many comes along and he controls your destiny!

Aside from the fact that the parents are grieving, her big sister, whose wedding they were attending, will observe the date every year, not with joy...but with sorrow!

Stay safe my friend.

Bea

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