Many of these poems are ones that I found in a friends Nothing Book one of my last days ever at camp. I thought they were all really depressing, so i wrote them down. Yeah, wierd.. I write down deppressing stuff..
YOU
(a happy one..sorta)
Is it not a marvellous thing
That all the long years through
Since the worlds beggining
There never was a you
All down the avenue of time
As dawn the centuries new
The future will not reproduce
A duplicate of you
The greastest role is to be Yourself
Enacting on life's stage
The script that's copyrighted
For a special personage
It's truly awe-inspiring
When this sacred fact you view;
Your world holds nought more precious
Then the You that is You
The same hold true of every soul
Withen his(her!!) seperate sphere;
The glourious chance to play his part
Is always now and here
By Mary S. Edgar
The Class Ring
Close by the door, he paused to stand,
As he took the class ring of her hand
All who watched dared not to speak
As a long tear rolled down his cheek
All through his mind the memories ran
Of all the times they'd walked hand in hand
Now her eyes were terribly cold,
He would never again have her hand to hold
And he whispered the words "I love you"in her ear
He kissed her cheek, and wanted to die
But all he could do was just stand and cry
And as the wind began to blow
The lowered her casket to the snow
This is what happens to so many lives
When friends let friends drink and drive
Unknown
Remember...
Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car, and I dented it?
I thought you'd kill me - but, you didn't
And remember the time I dragged you to the beach, and you said it would rain, and it did?
I thought you'd say "I told you so," but you didn't
And remember the time I spilled strawberry pie on your new rug?
I thought you were going to hit me, but you didn't
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal, and you showed up in jeans?
I thought you would dump me, but you didn't
Yes, there are a lot of things you didn't do;
but you put up with me
There were a lot of things I wanted to tell you when you returned from the war;
But, you didn't
Unknown
Death of an innocent
I went to a party, mom
I remembered what you said
You told me not to drink, mom
So I drank soda instead
I felt really proud, mom
the way you said I would
I didn't drink and drive, mom
Although others said I should
I knew I did the right thing, mom
I knew you were always right
Now the party is finally ending
As everone is driving out of sight
As I got in the car mom
I knew I'd get home in one piece
Because of the way you raised me
So sweet and responsible
I started to drive away, mom
But as I pulled out onto the road
The other car didn't see me, mom
And hit me like a load
As I lay there on the pavement
I heard the policeman say
The other guy is drunk, mom
Now I'm the one who'll pay
I'm laying here dying mom
I wish you'd get here soon
How could this happen to me mom?
My life just burst like a ballon
There is blood all around me mom
and most of it is mine
I heard the med say, mom
I'd die in a short time
I just wanted to tell you mom
I swear I didn't drink
It was the others, mom
The others didn't think
He was probably at the same party that I was
The only difference is that he drank, and I will die
Why do people drink, mom?
It could ruin your whole life
I'm feeling a sharp pain now,
Pain just like a knife
The guy that hit me is walking, mom
And I don't think it's fair
I'm lieing here dying, mom
And all I can do is stare
Tell my brother not to cry, mom
Tell daddy to be brave
And when I go to heaven, mom
Put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave
Someone should have told him, mom
Not to drink and drive
If only they had told him, mom
I still would be alive
My breath is getting shorter, mom
I'm becoming very scared
Please don't cry for me, mom
When I needed you, you were there
I have one last question, mom
before I say Goodbye
I didn't drink and drive, mom
So why am I the one to die?
Anonymus
Moonlite Ride
Jenny was so happy about the house they had found.
For once in her life 'twas on the right side of town.
She unpacked her things with such great ease.
As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.
How wonderful it was to have her own room.
School would be starting, she'd have friends over
soon.
There'd be sleep-overs, and parties; she was so happy
It's just the way she wanted her life to be.
On the first day on school, everything went great.
She made new friends and even got a date!
She thought, "I want to be popular and I'm going to
be, Because I just got a date with the star of the team!"
To be known in this school you had to have a clout,
And dating this guy would sure help her out.
There was only one problem stopping her fate.
Her parents had said she was too young to date.
"Well, I just won't tell them the entire truth.
They won't know the difference; what's there to
lose?"
Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night.
Her parents frowned but said, "All right."
Excited, she got ready for the big event
But as she rushed around like she had no sense,
She began to feel guilty about all the lies,
But what's a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride?
Well the pizza was good, and the party was great,
But the moonlight ride would have to wait.
For Jeff was half drunk by this time.
But he kissed her and said that he was just fine.
Then the room filled with smoke and Jeff took a puff.
Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff.
Now Jeff was ready to ride to the point
But only after he'd smoked another joint.
They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride,
Not thinking that he was too drunk to drive.
They finally made it to the point at last,
And Jeff started trying to make a pass. A pass is
not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don't mean playing football).
"Perhaps my parents were right....Maybe I am too
young.
Boy, how could I ever, ever be so dumb."
With all of her might, she pushed Jeff away:
"Please take me home, I don't want to stay."
Jeff cranded up the engine and floored the gas.
As Jeff drove on in a fit of wild anger,
Jenny knew that her lige was in danger.
She begged and pleaded for him to slow down,
But he just hot faster as they neared the town.
"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied.
I really went out for a moonlight ride."
Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash.
"Oh God, Please help us! We're going to crash!"
She doesn't remember the force of impact.
Just that everything all of a sudden went black.
She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble,
And heard, "Call an ambulance! These kids are in
trouble!"
Voices she heard... a few words at best.
But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck.
Then wondered to herself if Jeff was all right,
And if the people in the other car were alive.
She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad.
"You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad."
These voices echoed inside her head,
As they said "Jenny, we've done all we can do.
But it looks as if we'll lose you too."
"But the people in the other car!?" Jenny cried.
"We're sorry, Jenny, they also died."
Jenny prayed , "God, forgive me for what I've done
I only wanted to have just one night of fun."
"Tell those people's family, I've made their lives
dim,
And wish I could return their families to them."
"Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry I lied, And that it's my
fault so many have
died.
Oh, nurse, won't you please tell them that for me?"
The nuse just stood there ~ she never agreed.
But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes
And a few moments later Jenny died.
A man asked the nurse, "Why didn't you do your best
To bid that girl her one last request?"
She looked at the man with eyes oh so sad.
"Because the people in the other car were her mom and
dad."
This story is sad and unpleasant but true,
So youg people take heed, it could have been you.
