Reflections Of One Sad Mistake (Revisited)

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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2007-09-03 03:36 PM

Reflections Of One Sad Mistake

The daylight’s fading, quickly passing.
Dark shadows gather; where I amassing
Memories old, image unfaded,
Sit in silence, solemn and jaded.

I breathe a sigh. The task is draining.
There are no reasons, no explaining
What happened then; now warm tears fall.
From dreamlike state, I see it all.

I call your name, my own voice chilling,
It echoes out across the ceiling.
You answer not, no longer here.
Eyes blind by grief, I sit and stare.

Ten years have gone since fateful day
And still I sit here. Still I pray
The accident was just a dream;
‘Though I woke not despite my screams.

The knock, the uniforms, the words
Ears not believing what I heard.
You left, it seemed, moments before
The news of death beat on my door.

“A fatal crash, the driver drinking.”
I watched their lips move, never blinking.
“Just seventeen, oh God it can’t be!”
I start to fall as strong arms catch me.

The morgue so cold, I shiver knowing
You from your shoes, before face showing.
From depths of shock, I still deny it
Although my screams shatter the quiet.

The viewing, funeral, the grave.
Newspaper clips that I have saved.
Lines of students, heads bowed low;
Their names, your friends, each one I know.

One fateful moment, one grave day.
One drink too many took you away.
One driver jailed, one driver dead.
One sad mistake, I bow my head.

The daylight’s fading, quickly passing.
Dark shadows gather; where I amassing
Memories old, image unfaded,
Sit in silence, solemn and jaded.

I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2007-09-03 04:36 PM

Lots of emotions here...a fellow employee at work just got popped for drinking and driving...he already had to pay $2000. to a lawyer to get things started...I told him about green tea..."ITOEN"...even gave him a can to try...he didn't like it...but he's learning lessons...money is very important to him to him...James

MyEnchanted_Melody
Senior Member

since 2001-05-30

Posts 1106
across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be.

2 posted 2007-09-03 04:43 PM

emotional and sad...
wonderfully expressed

Thank you for sharing
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Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2007-09-03 05:14 PM

Dear Ruth....you are so good at putting emotion into the beauty of rhythm and rhyme that you do so well. This is sad indeed. Thank you for reposting it. A good day to be reminded of this, I think.

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