Last Ride - POEM

This morning I left the house

To take my daughter to school

On the way I drove past

An accident, which clearly

Had just occurred

I was driving past

And couldn’t see much

So I thought no more of it

I dropped my daughter off at school

And came back the same way

Where I saw cops

On the scene, paramedics

And ambulances

And a body, a lifeless one

Being placed into one

Of the ambulances

Now, it’s not the most

Dangerous road, far from it

You can see cars coming

From both directions

There’s nothing limiting

One’s view

The sun wasn’t even out

It was overcast

So there wasn’t even a glare

How fast would someone

Have to be driving

To cause such a collision

That someone is either

Dead, or gravely injured?

It’s a sad thing

In this country,

In this world,

In this day and age,

That people cannot

And do not consider

The consequences of their actions

Before they commit them

And it’s even sadder still

That our lives can be taken,

The thread of our existence cut

In an instant

Brought on by a stupid brash action

Caused by

Wilful ignorance,

A disregard for human life

And blatant, unabashed

Selfishness;

A prime example

Of cause and effect

It's sad

and reckless

and I wonder if anyone

has any idea how it feels

to lose a loved one

to something 

so unnecessary...

If we all thought for a moment

about others

we could save lives

instead of taking them along

for a last ride...

© Dean R Boic 2016 (image courtesy of www.123rf.com)