That One Summer Night.....
26 September, 2005
Author: Terrie*
(Co-written with our one and only Anchor Man, Ben Franklin)
Preparin’ ourselves and other’s for fallen dreams
When death hits so close to home
we often hear about those, unavoidable screams
In a blink of an eye, his smile was wiped from his face,
all because of a drunk and drugged up race.
In the corridors our ears hear, that chillin' code heard over head
The doctors and nurses did the best that they could
as the patient upon arrival was dead
He dedicated his life to the sick and needy,
tapping in to their pain and fear,
While drivin’ on the freeway
on his way to work, sad to say
To save some life’s, yet lost his own
musicians and actors get awards all the time,
but for me and many others he was always international man of the
year.
Death is a difficult thing to accept
No matter who you are, it was one of their own
An innocent victim of a head on
hit and run
He left a wife and two kids
behind on that tragic night,
and the children are upset that their daddy has gone,
but mummy explains that we have to be strong
and that in time we will move on...
joy riders were the cause
Stole a car and went out and about
Many life’s forever changed, that one summer night
------- Author's Notes -------
It was a great honour to create the Birth of this piece with Ben, he added so much Depth to this Baby of ours Thank you Ben for your part in this…your awesome! ( a friend from another state, went through this, this past summer, his brother was the victim that died he was a well known travelin' R.N, was his night off, another nurse got sick and sent home, bein' the man that he was, he placed his name on the board for on-call for the noc shift, his 5 year old had just started Kinder that very day) the casualties, cain be avoided if pranks were not a part of society from what i understand it could of been worse if it would of happened 3 hours prior... |
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Comments on this poem/writing:
| Meridian (152.163.100.197) -- Tuesday, September 27 2005, 11:07 pm Hello Lady T and Ben! You say pranks eh? That was dirty, despicable....just flat out outrageous!!! That's terrible. My heart goes out to his family and friends. Once again, what a very heart-wrenching poem you too. |
| Terrie* (69.19.149.37) -- Wednesday, September 28 2005, 05:30 pm an Earthlin' greetin', right back at cha Princess, tragic yes,unfortunantly another worldwide adolescent gang wanna-be pranks of drivin', drinkin' and drugs,the results excruciatin' pain to many hearts & heart-wrentchin', a hard to swallow type of emotion often held within..... thank you, yet on a norm i cain only take 30% of the credit,Ben added life to this..thank you once 'gain Princess... |
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