This poem below is very sad and profound. I don't

know who wrote it but they got the message down

pat and when one reads it one can not help but

be moved to tears, for all the young people killed

and maimed on the roads, in the bloom of their young

lives, so horribly crumpled in piles of twisted metal

that once was a fast modern car.

They think they are invinsable and accidents,

speed and acohol only catch others out...not them.

How do we get the message out and into their minds

that speed and alcohol in a fast car don't mix and

isn't a very smart option. I pray this Christmas

Holiday Season will not be a time of grief. It is a

season to give, be loving towards our fellow man,

be at peace and be happy, sadly it seems it is a

time to die for too many of our valuable youth.

WENT TO A PARTY MUM.

I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mum,
So I had a sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
That I didn't drink and drive,

Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right.
The party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece.
I never knew what was coming, Mum,
Something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
The kid that caused this wreck was drunk,
Mum, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
This girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high.
Because he chose to drink and drive,
Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mum
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mum
Tell daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven,
Put " Mummy's Girl" on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter,
Mum I'm getting really scared
These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mum,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say, "I love you, Mum!"
So I love you and good-bye.