About the Poem

I was inspired to write this poem from the many news stories I have seen and read about young people who have recklessly thrown their lives away by drinking and driving, or by driving with someone who is intoxicated.

We have all seen the scenario of parents attending the funerals of their children, yet the problem continues all over the United States. I do not wish to single out any certain age group, as drinking and driving and fatal accidents have been caused by many an adult. All age groups are affected. However, it disturbs me that, with graduation and prom season approaching, our nation's youth will be attending parties where alcohol is being served. I wrote this in hopes young people will realize they are not invincible and that bad things don't always happen to the other guy; because sometimes the other guy is them!

The Final Act

by Lisa Teller

Screeching tires, shattering glass,
twisting metal, fiberglass.
The scene is set it all goes black,
The curtain raised the final act.
Sirens raging in the night,
sounds of horror, gasps of fright.
Intense pain, the smell of blood
tearing eyes begin to flood.
They pull out our bodies one by one,
What is going on, we were only having fun!
One of my friends is missing, what did I do?
Her scattered belongings everywhere,
in the road there lies her shoe.
A man is leaning over me and looking in my eyes,
"What were you thinking, son"?
"Did you really think that you could drive?"
He pulled up the sheet still looking in my eyes,
"If you'd only called your Mom or Dad, you'd still be alive!"
I started to scream, I started to yell;
But no one could hear me, no one could tell.
They put me in an ambulance; they took me away.
The doctor at the hospital exclaimed, "DOA!"
My father's in shock, my mother in tears,
she collapses in grief, overcome by the fear.
They take me to this house and place me in this box.
I keep asking what is happening,
But I cant make it stop.
Everyone is crying, my family is so sad.
I wish someone would answer me,
I'm starting to get mad.
My mother leans over me and kisses me good-bye,
My father pulling her away, she is screaming, "WHY"?
They lower my body into a dirt grave,
It feels so very cold, I yell to be saved.
Then I see an angel; I begin to cry.
Can you tell me what is happening?
she replies "YOU DIED."
I can't be dead; I'm still so young!
I want to do so many things - like sing, and dance, and run.
What about college or graduation day?
what about a wedding? Please - I want to stay.
The angel looked upon me, and with a saddened voice,
"It didn't have to end like this; you knew you had a choice."
"I'm sorry it's too late now; time I can't turn back."
"Your life is finished; that, my son, is a fact!"
Why did this happen? I didn't want to die!
The angel, she embraced me and with her words she sighed,
"Son, this is the consequence you paid to drink and drive.
I wish you made a better choice, If you did you would be alive.
It doesn't matter if you beg me, or plead on bended knee, There is
nothing I can do, you have to come with me."
Looking down at my family, I said my last good-bye.
"I'm sorry I disappointed you, Dad.
Mommy, please don't cry,
I didn't mean to hurt you, or cause you any pain.
I'm sorry all you're left with is a grave that bears my name.
I'm sorry all your dreams for me have all been ripped away;
the plans for my future all gathered in a grave.
It was such a stupid thing I did, I wish I could take it back;
But the curtain is being lowered.
SO ENDS THE FINAL ACT...

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227 Visitor Comments

kelly

this poem is my fav, i read it to my mother and we cried for ever my mom died a year later from cancer rip mom and grandma

santwana

My heart really felt like crying after reading this poem.

brandii

im only 13 but this ment soo much to me! so many people are killed by careless drunk drivers! i cried when i read this. thanks 4 getting a message out.

Sofia

That poem was. I don'tnow what to say. thats the best poem I have ever read. I loved it, it sent such a strong message to me. and it should do that to all who have read it.

Lucky

i reallu loved it it hot!

pageanna

I love this poem because four of my friends were killed in a car crash 2 years ago when they got into the car with a drunk driver it was really hard to get over and they are greatly missed and all of their friends want to be able to say their last goodbyes and tell them how we really feel about them!

Janis

EXCELLENT*EXCELLENT-A true tear jerker!

Theresa

This is such a touching poem, I have known way too many die in car accidents because they chose to drink and drive. This is an awesome poem.

jon

This is one of the best poems i have ever read

Dhaval

IT TOUCHED ME! I LOST MY CLOSE FRIEND! I MAILED THE PAGE TO EVRY PERSON IN MY ADDRESS BOOK! LET IT SPREAD LIKE FIRE!

Ceci

this poem touched me in many ways. im a 13yr old gurl and have had many times where a friend would say "just try it" i kno im better than that and everytime i said no. it makes me think of how many teens just like me would throw everything away for just a cople minutes of fun while they drink. it hurts to kno how many ppl have died over the stupid choice of drinking and driving. and how a lot of ppl just dont care. that poem toughed me in ways i cant explain. it makes u think. something a lot of ppl forget to do sometimes

marlene

lisa i think you have done a realy good job in this poem it is one of the best i have read in a long time you chould get full marks for this one.

Teresa

I give this pome a top number that only an angel will know. I just lost a friend in a ddwreck and now in my back window I have me sticker that reads MMADD( mad mother against Drunk Drivers)

kaylah

i dont no what to say its one hell of a god poem and yes its thebest i have seen i hope this gets around to all as young teenarers

Jessica

i think that this poem is really good it almost made me cry and it sure did touch me. i am just like a lot of people i hate people that drink and drive and decide to take there live or even someone else's. i think you for getting your point to a lot of people and i hope they learn from this.

TESSIE

I Wish all the High Schools would put poems up like this at their schools. Kids read things all the time, maybe one of them would remember it and remember not to Drink And Drive. I thought this poem was awesome. Keep up the good work.

cara

great poem, I have had many ppl close to me die from tradgeys like this, my brother is 17 and he drinks and drives he thinks that he is lucky and this wont happen to him well i think that he is just lucky so far maybe when he reads this poem he will realize how lucky he is that this hasnt happened to him yet

kate

i loved your poem, the way you put the words together makes it intresting. i my self write poems ive been trying to figure out how to post them up but i just dont know how. any way, i like how you took the persons point of veiw and let people know how it felt for the driver to die. most people don't think about that. its sorta scary to imagine what a dead person would think or evan if they can think. over all i just really loved your poem. your a great writter im looking forward to reading some more of your poems.

Jen

This poem needs to be sent to the entire world and let the words out to help and keep other children or even adults from drinking and driving!Wow Lisa Teller has complete talent. This touched my heart and will touch all if you let it. It was my pleasure to have read something so wonderful.

alyssa

Great job! i think the poem u did was like telling a story. I believe that every teen shouldn't drink and drive because they know that it is wrong. But, they decide to do it anyway. There is alot of news on t. v. everyday or in the newspaper that a teen or teenagers died in a car accident because of drinking and driving. In my opinion i think drinking and driving is ridiculous. But, anyways u did great.

Phyllis

i have a son who is the military, and i heard that he does drink and i can only hope & pray that he does not drink and drive. when i read this poem, i began to cry. my son is 21 years old, he is married and has three beautiful babies. right now his wife and babies are staying with me. i always tried my best to raise my children in church and teach them the ways of god. i hear on the news about teenagers dying in car accidents, some of whom went to school with my son. my heart bleeds for the parents who have to deal with this tragedy. this poem really touched my heart.

Colt

this would have to be the most touching poem i have ever read. i had a best friend die becasue of a drunk driver. very well written.

Meagan

Wow that was one of the best poems i have read on this site. I am so sorry to all you people who lost someone in a drunk driving accident. Im sure it was devistating.

cegie

keep up the nice work it can make a diffence in alot af peoples life

Nikki

Patricia~ I am sorry to hear about your mom! And to the author that was a great poem. You should send it to MADD or something ~N

I like this only if i could get my brother to listen to me before it is to late

Alana

This poem really touched me. I am 13 years old and recited this poem for an oral in my English class. The whole class and my teacher were touched by the emotions of this amazing poem. Lets hope they remember it when they drive one day.

Sarah

My mom, dad, sister Anna and brother Pip died in a car crash with another car whose driver was twice over the limit. I was only 14 when that happened but the memories from it are still so clear in my mind at 16. Your poem has captured the emotion of the scenario and I just want my family back. I have to go on now without my whole family. This has affected me in the worst way possible don't let it affect you too. Don't drink and drive please.

jennifer

I loved this poem because my uncle was killed by a drunk driver in his own front yard the driver ran over him and the driver also also killed his two kids.

Whitney

this poem had a big impact on my life ilost one of may bestest friends in car accident by a drunk driver! no body is promised tomorrow and i really wish i had the talent u had to spread the word but. i don't! i stopped my boyfriend from doing it! ur an amazin writer! viewers plz think twice! if u was drinking and driving and died. do u think u would open ur eyes in god's presecence or in the portal's of hell, tourment, burning? with that my friend i let u go!

STEVEN

OH MY GOD. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST TOUCHING PEOMS I HAVE EVER READ. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

Tara

That was a really touching poem with some great advice to go with it

Krystal

This is a great poem and very sad because it's true. not to long ago some young girls died in my school for drinking and driving it's a real problem that we all face. please people don't drink and drive not only are you putting your life in risk but also other lives. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE it has deadly consequences. in memory of abby and nedra you will ALWAYS be remembered. and in peace may you rest ps. ONCE AGAIN PLEASE. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE

Danielle

I thought the poem was wonderdful. It was real and it really touched me. Thank you.

mary

this poem is great and it really showed me the dangers of drinking and driving. I will never do it.

amy

This is a great poem! It tugs at your heart strings!

franki

this is rele good. i liked it alot!

Cristina

Wow, this poem really touched me. I can't believe I started to cry but this can happen. You are beyond a great writer!

Brittany

I really love this poem it makes you stop and think about your friends and family. I have alot of friends that drink and I think this is a perfect poem to give to them.

brittney

i love this poem it reminds me of loosing people so close to you that you love even if you dont know who they are! it touched me so much i cry every tim ei hear it!

Cedric

I loved this poem. There are soo many young teens i have seen dead on arrival on my volunteer shift at the hospital whos lives could have been saved if they had just called someone to pick them up.

Shannon

This poem truely touched me when i read it in Chicken for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff. It is one of my favorite poems!

Daiva

it is great. it brought tears to my eyes it dose get the message across that it kills lives. i give it 10/10

Jaclyn

I first read this poem in chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff and I am actually writing a poem on drugs and alcohol right now for my english class. Hopefully I'll get an A! But really this poem really does seem like it's coming from an actual person in this situation. It's very emotional and realistic. Hopefully when people read this poem it will give them a better idea of the reality of drinking and driving. Thank you for writing this poem.

Kathrine

i thought that this poem was very touching i think i must have read it a hundred times and i am sill not sick of it. i think that if u keep writing poems like these then people might get the point and stop drinking and driving. (at least i hope that they will)

Brendan

A vote? Well, if the ballot has "Damn good", "well-made", or "incredible", then I'll pick those.

Melody

Wonderfully written poem with such a strong message! My son was killed by a drunk driver in a truck wreck. The driver did receive some jail time, but most importantly he got a lifetime license suspension. One less drunk driver on the road to spare another family the pain and sorrow we will always have to live with. Our son also left a brother and 3 month old daughter, besides two loving parents. It's so tragic, but alot of families understand what this poem means to them. God Bless! Missing our beloved Adam!

Angela

i was astonished ny your poem. i was touched. you are very talented. i like the way you express your inner most thoughts.

alexis

that poem was very deep. it made me cry. i loved it

Irene

I really like this! Maybe it will make people think about drinking and driving! My sister at 8 weeks old was killed by a drunk driver. Please don't drink and drive.

tina

excellent poem

Summer

This was one of the best poems i have ever read after i read it i just sit there and cried, i thought about all the things that could go wrong in my life and really dont want this to happen to me or anyone of my frineds, so i am sending it to everyone i know in hope that this will touch them like it touched me.

tana

i luv this poem. i had my brother, and my dad die because of drinking and driving. and it does affect everyone in their life.

Melissa

I think that this is such a good poem i'm 21 years old and i have a sister that is only 16 and i send her things like this to encourage her that drinking and driving is not such a great idea. Thank you

Christan

I realy liked the poem it did not make me cry but, I liked it.

blessing

i love it. Its one i will always remember

Tamara

I think it was long but it was good. I think you are a good poet. Im a 14 teen year old girl who would like to learn from you.

Biana

i love this peom it is a great one i love to write peoms but i dont think they are that good but i dont know well just wanted to comment this peom cause it is great!

Patricia

Wonderful, touching #1. I am a Fire Chief, I recently started a program in our area called ESADD,Emergency Services Against Drinking & Driving. It hits home for me, back in 1994 my mom was killed by an underage drunk driver. My mom was 76 & had fought breat cancer for 6 years & BEAT IT! Part of our Christmas present that year. Then in Jan,16 she died helping others,so she could get back home to go to church. 2 years later my neice a mother of 3 toddlers, killed by an underage drunk driver. This poem is great, words can't explane the emotion it brings. Thanks to the author.

Renee

I think that this poem truly states what can really happen when you drink and drive this really touched my heart and i cryed! im not really a poem reader im a more crazy blonde outgoing person but this poem inspires me to NEVER drink and drive THANK-YOU!

Hailey

This is the best poem i have ever read. It touched be so deep that i could'nt stop thinking about how one of my best friends got in a wreck. He almost didn't make it i'm sorry that happened to you.

Kelly

One life lost is more than enough to make you view an issue differently. My entire family along with many of our friends took a devasting blow to the heart when our dearest friend got behind the wheel of a car drunk. He died on impact, and our lives have not been the same since then.

Jessica

This poem was really good, i lost 2 of my best friends in a car accident from drunk driving. everybody needs to realize that u r not always safe when u drink and drive and that there is a chance that u could die. Maybe if everybody looks at the consequences than this world would be a better place.

Tony

somethimg this good should be REMABERD

Tara

I think the poem was very deep, and it really made me think about the dangers of drinking and driving, and about how many of my friends do drink and drive. And I really wish they didn't.

Aida

Very good poem. It makes you think twice.

jennifer

Really intense poem, I hope it reaches alot of young and old people, Great job on sending out the message !

Ashley

Your poem is amazing! your totally right you should never drink and drive. I'm only 14 and while most people I no have had their first drink I haven't I refuse to, because I no what it can do to you and I no what a lose can do to your family. My 16 year old brother was killed in a car accident in 97 and while no acohol was involved I still piont it out to my friends that anythink can happen and your life can suddenly be over.

Fernando

Deep poem. Beautiful. Makes you think about the gift of life, and all the blessings we take for granted.

ashley

i had never raed this poem before and i loved it so much you really have some talent keep it up!

wendy

i have read pomes in my life this is the frist to mack me cry

Cheri

hey this is as good as mine. i liek it alot like way more than the others u hear like this!

Sandy

You are a very good writter i really love this poem. Its all true alot of youngsters die in car crashes. Im really looking forward in reading other poems from you!

Veronica

I'm 13 years old but i feal like im 16. Everyone calls me smart and all because i do my best. But for all that i hear and see i always need rest. Im doing a project on alcohol and i think you really opened the hearts of everyone when they heard this poem. for i, oh yes, i also is the best. for i can rhyme better than all of the rest. you have inspired me to be a poet. thats right you know it. that i will do my best.

meagan

This is an awsome poem it really touched me you have a true gift!

chloe

wow just WOW so powerful and movin

Jamie

I love this poem! It was very inspiring and each word was worth writing and never out of place! It was awsome, and makes me look at drinking a whole different way:-)

Bill

All I can say is WOW this is the most chilling thing i have ever read. so powerfull makes my eyes water. i was in a accident one with someone who was drinking but im still alive no i know how it would feel if i died. wow im almost speachless.

alex

i love the poem its so powerful its really good

Katie

This poem really touched me because a similar situatiuon happened to 6 of my friends. Thank You for this touching poem.

Chasity

This poem was very very very very good i cprinted it out and added to my collection of poems. dont owrry lisa i gave you credit. Tis poem was AWSOME keeping write Lisa. Love Chasity

gabby

this song has touched me in sooooooo many ways, and i read it soooo many times, that i memorized. it means so much yet so little to some people, and to me that is very sad! thank you for insiring me to write poetry, and recite poems. :)

june

this poem is very deep it makes me sad to know that this is what drinking does to people,my brother die as a reslut to drinking. and to all you out there that think drinking is so cool think again. DRINKING KILLS

Melissa

I thought that poem was great, I read it in Chicken soup once. It made me cry and it really think about drinking and driving.

Tenea

I luv this poem because it makes me relize no to do anything stupid because it can affect you oh so very much

Tiffany

My best friend passed away and this poem makes me cry each time I read it. I love it and I hope poeple will to. Thank you for listening.

Eve

I luv this poem! I was about to cry. My friend died in a car accident when she was only five. I miss her so much. Another accident just happend recently. The driver died but the passenger lived. Thank the lord. WATEVER U DO DONT DRINK AND DRIVE. U WILL HURT SO MUCH PEOPLE AND THEN UR LIFE IS MESSED UP!

Lauren

beautiful! this is certainly the best poem ihave ever read! it makes people think about drinking and driving. keep up your good work and never stop writing. you are truly talented and dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

Erika

I think this poem is so sad. i wonder why people would want to do this to thier family and make them cry! it makes me mad too. but i guess that is what people suffer as, to drink and drive.

molly

this poam touched me in many ways!

torrie

IT WAS AWESOME!

Amanda

I really liked this poem. It tells what the person is thinking and what the family has to go through.

bailey

i think that that was really great i lots a frind 4rm that and ur poem just mad me remember me of that.

Cara

This poem has really touched me!I just got my license and i always thought " oh i've just had a little bit but i can still drive. " But now that i have read this that won't happen again. i don't want to die over something like alcohol!

stephanie

i is so touching and it brought tears to my eyes because this how how many people lose their lives. thanks 4 writing this.

Amanda

Omg i am touched with this poem. it is soo sad and i agree not to drink and drive, i thought of my family when i read this and i cryed.

Whitney

This poem really touched me it made me cry. One of my best friends was killed in a car accident a little over a week ago.

Blaci

awesome poem

Chantel

I loved that poem people sould litsen to adults.

Teisha

This poem has touched me in many different ways. I didn't realize it at the time but i put myself in many situation that could have ended up just like this poem. But then i wised up and realize how stupid i was and that i would never want to put my loving parents through what could have happened if these situations ended up bad.

Monique

This poem, (I'm speachless) It needs to be out there and put to good use.

Deneen

MY DAUGHTER GOT THE POEM FROM SCHOOL ON HER JUNIOR PROM NIGHT ,WHEN SHE GAVE IT TO ME IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. I ALSO WRITE POETRY AND I THINK THE POEM IS ABSOLUTLY {{{WONDERFUL}}}. THANKS FOR SHARING IT!

ladonna

i like this poem maybe it will make people thing.

I am 19 years old and i have lived in a small town since i was 11 and i have 8 of my friends die and 3 of them were to drunk driving so alls i have to say is i wish i could have read this poem to them before i think it was a wonderful poem it real touched me thank you

Chris

i was really touched by it because i had aolt of loved ones die from drinking and driveing and i uset to be one but after my father died of that i quit drinking and your poem should be a message to alll the young people doing it

SHERRI

I LOVE IT

Adam

i love this poem it touched me deeply. me and my friend lost 5 of our friends in a car accident last summer from a drunk driver. this is a very good poem.

Amy

this is 1 of my favorite poems! it really makesu think.

jame

THIS I LOVE!

Jennfier

I just want to let you know that this poem touched me in a way i cant explain. I had a friend that i knew a long time ago that drak and drove and he died so thats why it touched me. so thanks for writing this poem and i will remember it always.

lee

hey,ur poem touched me in a great way i really loved it. u see ma brother and good friend were killed by a drunk driver and they were young also. 17 and 15. i wnat people 2 know that drinking and driving really does hurt ppl and affects more ppl then just the perosn driking, it affects EVERYBOYD!

Amber

This is a really touching poem! So many times you son't even nknow how fast you could die from a wrong decision. I've had friends d=ie from the same things described in this poem so I hope everyone thast reads this learns something. It doesn't only hurt you but everyone around to.

Lindsey

omg this poem is so sad i cant believe that this poem is so much like my brothers death it made me cry just with reading it

alice

the poem touched my heart. my grandson died in a car crash . he was 17 years old . he died 3 months before his 18th birthday.

Ashley

10 I loved it

Brandi

wow this poem absolutely got to me. i didn't realize how poems could really get to someone. this is a beautiful but sad poem.

eoghan

that is a lovely poem

Buffy

I really like the poem. You did a good job.

summer

Wow! i know u my get this alot but this poem really touched me. Its almost exactly what just happen to my friend because he was drinking and driving he is now gone to a better place but we all missed him and it opened all of r eyes . So i just really want to say that this is a really good poem.

Julain

ok well lise u r so very good at wrighting peoms well i'm srry to say this but i have only read this one of yours i bought a book on chicken suop for teens cuz i realy like peoms and i read final act and i read it to all my grls and and boy friend and they all loved it as well and we had a friends (bobby) who chose to drink and drive well he was my best friend and we all started to cry for him that day i brought it to skewl and then to dai i found my self thinking of bobby and typed in ur name on yahoo search ok well i havta go so hope to read many more of your touching poems! payce

Russell

WOW! Thats really all I can say. Haveing a accident like this myself it really pulled at my heart.

lexi

This poem really made me look ahead into my future thank you, now i have a better outlook on the way i will live my life!

Brittany

Thatwas a nice poem tellin us younger kids to be careful when we get behind the wheel. We need to think. Not drink. It was a very positive poem and I was moved from it.

anita

I hope this reaches the idiots who drink and drive before its too late, not only for them but for the people they kill in another car.

Falesha

The first time i heard this poem was at D. A. R. E. graduation and i cried! it touched me termendously. sence then i would not drink and get in a car untill i was sober or till the next day! i started writing poems after i read this and realized i could express my feelings. thank you for encourageing me! this is the best poem i have ever read!

Maggie

An eye opener for many! Great! It made me cry!

michelle

ha this really touched my life and now i know not to drink and drive or don't get in a car who is drunk cause it could be them or me? just keep passing it on and it will touch alot of peoples lives like it did me

Torrie

I Loved this poem! I hope u know u made me cry ! my cousin and best friend was killed by a drunk driver a couple months ago and would have graduated today thank u very much for putting this poem on the internet.

AUDREY

I loved the poem. The first time i read it tears came to my eyes. it mad me realize how important it is not to drink and drive. it also gives you the theme think before you act. This poem rely does take affect on peoples feelings which in this case is a good thing

nikki

it reminds me of a freind that died in a car accident and i was there all though i diddent get hurt badly but i can remeber all the screams blood and brusie and scars

antonio

I really like this poem keep up the good work

chelsea

i think this poem is very touching

Brittany

I think your poem was absolutly amazing, I was involved in the every 15 minutes program, its a program for students to teach them the risks of drinking and driving, and it was very hard to deal with even as an act. I feel this poem is important to teens everywhere to give them a strong messege.

Lyle

Perfect. No words can describe the magnifecents of this poem.

Sabrina

OMG,you are an awesome writer i have goosebumps. I lost a friend when i was 13 and i am now 20 years old to a drunk driver. she wasnt even drunk just in another car that got in the way of a police chase with a drunk driver and out of no where the drunk driver hit her she went through the windshild her brother and his friend were thrown all around. maureen is dead and so is her friend and her brother is stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his life becuase of a drunk driver. it hurts and yes no body should drink and drive. it does kill. R. I. P Maureen great job keep writing

jackie

i loved this poem thanks to who een wrote this u reminded me what it was like to drink and drive this is too every one dont drink and drive it mit be the last time u drink

Stephanie

This pome is THE BEST POME I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. I READ THIS POME TO MY FAMILY ALL THE TIME. I LIKE THIS POME BECAUSE ITS MAKES YOU THINK. I READ THIS POME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL. AND LOVE IT TO THIS DAY! I HOPE TO READ MANY MORE. I LOVE READING POMES BY LISA TELLER.

Dongsoo

man that poem gives me chills. the idea is original and very haunting i love it

Jim

WOW! don't know what else to say. This poem gave me goose bumps. Very powerful, and well worded. It gets the point across and went straight to my heart! Keep up the good work!

Yvonne

POWERFUL STUFF!

lauren

This is touching I once wrote a poem like it but it wasn't as near as good

Dani

It made so much sense and if only people would listen to some of these things that happen and pay attention then maybe their lives would be saved. It's really sad that people drink and dirve and this poem made so much sense and it was an awesome poem!

Lindsay

I really like this poem I had to give a speech on NOT TO DRINK AND DRIVE AND IREALLY LIKES DOING THAT SPEECH.

Phelycia

This is the BEST poem I have evr read! Its is exciting and sad at the same time. I dont no how to express my self but I love this poem.

Stephan

This is a great poem. i used it for my school poetry paper. we had to choose our favorite poems and read them in front of the class. I chose this one of coarse. Thank you so much for writing this. It is so great.

Sophi

This poem was incredibly poignant and touched my heart. We sometimes forget that one mindless act can have such an impact on the lives of others we know and love. We become so wrapped up in our own affairs and fail to think of the consequences of our actions. In some cases, it may be too late.

dawn

this poem is one of the best i have read i cried it touched me deep down inside

Jennifer

I was browsing the poems looking for a "IM sorry poem" and came across this one, This one really touched me and it is so very true, being hit by a drunk driver and having a friend/relative hit by a drunk drive I really thought that this poem needs to be out there, hanging in every bar, in every school to let people realize what happens when they get behind the wheel.

Kristy

u made me cry i lost a friend who was in caar with a drink driver and he made it out alive but still he has to live with the grief of losing his best mate

melissa

it's great

Brooke

Dang. It's a good thing this is the internet because I'll burst into tears if I start to talk! I've read some sad poems but this is the only one i really had to get up and get a keleenex for! Great job no wonder Chicken Soup took this one! Keep writing!

Nicole

I really, really, really loved your poem! It is soo wonderful. It explans in detail what can happen. I think everybody else who has read this poem has been touched by it. This poem WILL save lives.

Whitney

This poem was so sad. It made me cry. One of my friends friend died not to long ago in a car accident it was one of the saddest moments to see him in so much pain to have lost one of his close friends

Topher

That poem hits very close to home My father and one of my friends were both killed by drunk drivers I write poetry I have two published and that i thebest thing I have ever read

miranda

That poem was awsome it really touched me, I know that i will never drink and drive and im sure you changed alot of other peoples way of thinking.

Jennifer

I THINK PEOPLE DON'T RELIZE HOW BAD A CAR ACCIDENT CAN BE UNTIL THEY GRT IN ONE I KNOW THAT WHAT IT TOOK ME EVERYBODY LIVED THROUGH BUT I THINK OF IT AS IF I GOT LUCKY CAUSE I DIDN'T GET HURT AT ALL

Heather

this is a very good poem and very realistic i had a friend who died in a car crash and i think of him evry time i read this poem love your friends and dont let them do n e thing stupid i love D. W. S.

Sarah

I think that this poem is very good even though it is very sad. I think that this should be made into an advertising campainge to deter drink driving.

isha

this made me cry because my friend die in a car accident but she was drinking she wasn't even driving i really love this poem

Vicki

I really love this poem. Its the greatest.

KATELYNN

This poem was sad, and touching, but at the same time it was truthful! It was a poem that i ahve expierienced in real life- my friends brother died by drinking and driving! and it was one of the saddest days of my life! i hope this poem reaches people who drink, so they'll think how their family will feel when they are gone!Thanx for writing this poem! Yyou deserve to be noticed!

Cathl

I love this to death becasue I just heard of one my friends family members dying the same way. I had to cry

Vicki

This poem is great! My best friend was killed by a drunk driver when we were just 16. The older guy, that hit her and a friend, was in his fifties, and drank to much beer. I feel it should have been him instead of her. He had lived a full life, hers only starting, she never got to see prom, graduation and more. I am now 30, that's been almost 15 years. Even though she wasn't physically at my wedding, there she was,(in a heart shaped locket given to me just minutes before the wedding by her Mom)going down the aisle with me and the tears were there. Then, on Oct 12,1994 my beautiful daughter was born as the tears fell from the holes in Heaven. She was there again, as I always knew she'd be. We were so close, what do friends do, when the other you love is taken from you? I hope lots of people will read this poem and realize what can happen when you drink and drive! Thanks for this poem it has touched me deeply.

Lori

this is a great poem i wish that people would actually listen to this. it is very sad and i cryed the whole time reading it. people please listen. and don't drink and drive

Robyn

Lisa, I just want to say thank you for caring so much and trying to reach out to others. This poem touched me the most because I had a friend that was in a car accident from drinking and driving and he did not survive.

Melis

This was a very very touching, yet very real and very true poem. I hope that people take to heart that this poem is very really. it happends all the time. This was a very touching poem one of the best i've read. Thank you for that. thank you very much.

David

This is an excellent poem! And it should be one of the top! Good job!

Linda

THIS POEM ALMOST MADE ME CRY!

Biddy

this poem reminds me of a friend i lost recently in an drinking and driving accident. she was not drunk she was to young to drink but the driver was drunk and said he wasnt now she is dead and there is nothing i can do about it. she was only 15

Allison

I like this poem and Im gonna to email it to all my friends to make them think again about drinking and driving. On a scale of 1-10 ten being the highest i give this an 11!

Shaz

I read this and imagined my brother writing this because that is how he met his demise.

Val

I love this poem. It is so touching!

miche

Hey lisa, ur poem was really really great. I love poetry that is really intense and so real and urs was definetly a great one. I write poems alot and it inspired me alot :) good job!

TONYA

WOW! I have 3 kids the oldest is 13 I am printing this off and going to give it to him. This poem touched me so much I cried while reading it. How true it is that there is a choice. VERY,VERY GREAT POEM!

Lia

Hello, I am writing here to thank everyone for your kind words and support of my words.I am truly amazed at the response this poem is getting.I also want to say My email is up and running. I moved recently and have been out of the loop so to speak. the email in the chicken soup for soul book is correct. I am so happy I am touching so many lives. your words inspire me to continue.god bless all of you for your inspiration. and a special thanks to ron carnell. love lia fail (lisa teller)

Samantha

THIS WAS SUCH A SAD POEM, I PRINTED IT OUT SO I CAN SHOW ALL OF MY FRIENDS. AND TO SHOW MY SISTER CAUSE SHE'S 16 AND SHE'S INTO THE DRUGS, SMOKING AND DRINKING AND SHE JUST GOT HER LISENCE, AND I DON'T WANT HER TO LOOSE HER LIFE TO JUST OVER A DRINK OF BOOSE!

BELLE-ANNE

This poem was great. I have learned alot from this. I wish more people could learn also.

kristianne

I was touched by your poem, even though. I don't drink I make other choices that I possibly could end up rhe same. You opened my eyes

Quazo

This poem is truly great work, I broke a tear when reading this. I only wish more of the teenagers in the world could read something like this and understand it like we adults with children do. God Bless you.

Jamie

I really like this poem two of my friends were killed by a drunk driver this past year. But i would like to say that this same poem is in a book i have. Chicken soup for the teenage soul on tough stuff. Just thought i should say that.

Victoria

We found this poem very moving and realistic. It really made us realise the consequnces of drink driving. We like the concept of having the poem from the dead persons point of view.

Corrine

This is beautifully written!

Bianca

This poem says so much. While reading this tears ran down my face of inspiration! Thank you.

Lindsay

I found the poem very touching, and it truely shows what can happen. I will definitely think twice about drinking and driving now.

Angela

These was a wonderful poem, Just to let u all know its not fun drinking and driving I have been with people that has been drinking and driving and in wrecks.. I have seen plenty of people suffer from other peoples stupid mistakes.. So think before u make the wrong choose.. Be Smart And Don't Drink and Drive it can mess other peoples lifes up and yours too..

tasha

THIS POEM WAS WONDERFUL. I PRINTED IT OUT TO SHOW TO MY GIRLS WHEN THEY GET OLDER.HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP THEM MAKE BETTER CHOICES WHEN THEY GET OLDER.THANK YOU!

Stephanie

I have a daughter who is 15 and ready to drive. I hope this never happens to her or any of her friends who will begin to drive. Thanks.

mandy

I loved the poem! I am A volunteer fire fighter and I see things like this everyday! you said it just the way it is! good job!

Joanne

Excellent poem. Brillient thoughts and feelings have been put into this poem.

Jon

That is the best Good job

Cindy

My 21 year old brother has been in 2 drunk driving accidents within a 3 month period. He has hit 2 poles and walked away ok. I'm sending him this poem before a 3rd incident happens and he's not so lucky. Maybe then, he'll "get it".

Cori

I lost my best friend in a car accident because someone else was driving drunk in the car that hit us

michael

great!!!!

fofo

i really liked it, it moved my feelings

Aimee

i love this poem it is so sad. All of it is so completey true. Life is filled with love, laughter, hope, and unfotunetly sadness! This shows sadness in a form that can change millions of lives

Radek

This poem is really good, it actually made cry, and usually i dont..so keep up the good work..

Becca

Wow. The imagry in this poem is astounding. I was in a serious car accident a few months ago and I still have back problems but I'm lucky to be alive. I was with a friend (neither of us were drunk) and our SUV flipped over twice before landing in a ditch and I know what it's like to be in a serious accident, how much worse it could have been if she (my friend driving) or the other lady had been drunk. Great job on the poem though!

angel

its a good no great poem

David

Hey i really think that this poem would really get attention from people if they knew about it! i am only 15 years old, and reading this poem has made me think twice about the drinkin an the drivin thing! thnx i suppose!

Joann

That was a really good poem and it sends out a very good message to all young adults like I, keep up the good work.

Janie

This was by far one of the best poems I have ever read. The wirter definetly has alot of talent.

Lorie

What a picture this poem leaves in your mind. It is a wonderful poem which saddly is very true to life.very touching, my heart goes out to anyone who has ever lost such a part of themselves due to drinking and driving

Jewnifer

This poem denotes the real seriousness of drinking and driving. some people don't realize until it's too late just how serious it is. THis should be a good wake up call for some, since it's not something that you ussually get a second chance

Branelle

oh my god. such a good poem. i'm in s.a.d.d. and i to love to write poems about students against drinling and driving!!

Carolina

I think this poem was really good because it talks about reality and what really happens when you drink and drive.

Cristy

This is such a touching poem, one of the best I think I have ever read.

danielle

This poem is so real, that it made me cry. I am sixteen years old and I really liked this poem because it really happens in this world and that thought alone is sad. I just wish more teens can read this everyday!!!! Thanks

Angela

This poem is very touching. Telling you to watch out. Coz u hav a lot of ahnces in life but u take the wrong path especially in drink driving. It's an inspiring poem n i really like.

heidi

This poem touched me. I knew a few people that lost their lives because of this. Unfortunately, there are still people, some that I know, some that I don't, that still insist on driving while intoxicated. Never when I am around, because I refuse to let them, and I preach to the ones that do when I am not there. I sent this to a friend in hopes that it would wake him up a little. Thank you for hitting home.

Ina

"Bravo" my brother Felipe Sosa Jr. was hit by a drunk driver January 14, 1989 and left in a coma until this day... If he will "ever" wake up... who knows when... it's all I have to say since it didn't stop anyone from drinking and driving, it's as if our voices are dead.

Sue

Being a nurse that has worked in emergency...seeing this in real life..this should be matted and framed and given to each person, required to be memorized as part of the driving test.

Kitti

It was so sad, I cried like a baby.

rhiannon

the poem is beautiful, and truly from the heart......i will be sending it to all my friends ..thank u

Wanda

That was an excellent poem. My son is 9 and my daugter is 2. I will be printing this poem off and saving it. The day that they start driving or riding with their friends, I will be giving this to them to read. I hope and pray that they will find it as powerful as I did. Thank you and I hope you got through to some of the kids out there.

Sarah

I thought that this was a great poem even though it was sad. It was the truth. I wish lots of more people understood stuff like that and thought of the consequences before approaching it.

Pamela

This was a extremely well written and important message. It touched me and made me appreciate the message we must send to our children.

Jessie

I really liked the poem, it really makes you think about drinking, its my favorite poem

Mustafa

I think it is the best. I just love it. It has emotions which can wake some people up.

Melinda

Wonderful. It teared me up. I am the President of the SADD organization at my school and I am going to contact Lia and see if I may read her poem and use it in our activitys. Wonderful. It's to bad that that is the way that many people go. Be safe all!

christi

I was just involved in a tramatic car accident 2 days ago! I collided with a Semi-truck going 70 mph. I want everyone to read this poem! I survived, but many people don't.......this poem WILL open peoples eyes to the sevarity of car accidents.

Dustin

i loved this poem because it showed exactly what drunk driving can do.

I have a daughter (17) Thanks

Elizabeth

This poem comes from an amazing view point. I have never before read a poem about drunk driving from the drunk driver's view point. especially a young, teenage drunk driver. I have always seen the poems from the victim's view point, or the rescuer's view point. This was really good.

Nicole

i think this is a very good poem and the author has alot of talent. These kind of poems mean alot to teenagers like myself.

SARA

i'm glad that i don't drink. this poem is so very sad. i just about broke into tears.

diana

i loved your poem it made me cry,,,

erin

i feel that drinking and driving is a very irresponsible decision to make. this poem touched my heart and reinforced my decision to remain sober behind the wheel.

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