Prayer to Amma

[Guest guest]

I felt so 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, Mom

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,

Mom, his voice seems so far away.

 

My blood is 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, Mom

Knowing that it destroys lives?

And now the pain is cutting me,

Like a hundred knives.

 

Tell sister not to be afraid,

Tell father to be brave,

And when I go to heaven, Mom

Put an Angel on my grave.

 

Someone should have taught him,

That its wrong to drink and drive.

Maybe if his parents had,

I would still be alive.

 

My breath is getting shorter, Mom

I'm getting really scared.

These are my final moments,

And I'm so unprepared.

 

I wish that you could hold me, Mom

As I lie here and die.

I wish that I could say to you,

"I love you, Mom, good-bye."

Forgive me for all my mistakes.

Bless me to have a rebirth

Only to serve you always.

Let me have long rest remembering you.