I’m already going to lose you, I don’t even know your name . In a world of flashing lights, the sound of glass and steel breaking free, or those few minutes, you belonged only to me
It was I who cut your shirt away To see your broken ribs Watching you labour with each breath As you fought to live
It was I wholwiped the blood away When it pooled in your eyes It was I who watched your heart beat As the jaws freed you from your car
And when we finally freed you I was still there as we ran to the back of the ambulance
It was I who held your hand The sounds of the sirens rang loudly in my ears I looked for some small sign
Your lack of response renewed my fears
I breathed for you when you could not I compressed your chest when your heart wouldn’t beat
I prayed for you with each failure I did not want to see defeat I finally had to walk away Knowing the battle had been lost
I saw your father in the hallway One look and I saw the awful cost I gathered my equipment together And I finally learned your name
Only 21, I said, beneath my breath
My friends, I feel so drained Your blood alcohol came back zero The driver of the other car did not
He was alive and breathing No witness to the battle we fought I don’t know how to say good bye cause we never really said hello
But a piece of you is with me everywhere I go
Tears 😦
Powerful and painful to read…but very poignant.
Wow….
I take my hat off to you!
What strength you have!
This should be posted in every pub and liquor store!!!! but will it hit home to some????
Even as I started reading this I knew and could feel the power in the poem…it has such a powerful message in it….and I would agree…everyone in a pub or bar should read this before they head home….An excellent poem!!!!!
You had me in tears, as all truly good art should. It’s breathtaking… thank you!
Oh Carl, this is so powerful. Great stuff. (Saw the link @ Jenty’s Facebook)
You give me goosebumps … So powerful, poignant and sad
Wow! powerful, moving and somber…
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