The Dangerous Escape

The
Dangerous Escape

Behind the wheel

Finally alone

This is my escape

From my house, not a
home

I feel for the pedal

I’m ready to leave

Faster and faster

Until I can no
longer be seen

I’m crying and
screaming I am no longer a child

My tears fill my
eyes I forget how to smile

I forget how to
drive as my eyes blur the road

All I can think is
I just need to go

Suddenly I hear a
loud horn blare

I blink out my tears
to see who was there

A truck driving
straight toward my car

I realize I swerved
on the lanes way too far

I brace for the
impact

I don’t know what to
do

If you get the
chance, please tell my mom

I’m sorry I didn’t
say goodbye to you

My life is over

17 years is all I
got

As for the truck
driver

His body and soul
are still lost

I have a sister

A mom and dad

Now Their lives are
forever ruined

Because I was sad

I should’ve known
better

To pull over and cry

Than continue
driving

And risk my life

This could’ve all
been prevented

If more awareness
was there

To not drive while
in pain

And avoid all the
scare

If I knew that my
tears would cause my death

Because driving
while broken is like answering a text

Worse than a bottle
or cigarette at best

Hopefully, my pain
has been spared for the next

Driving while broken
is dangerous I know

And sometimes you
feel you just need to go

But there are safer
ways to escape your pain

Take it from me and
don’t end up the same

My life is over, and
I wish I would’ve known

That there were
scarier things than driving on the phone

I wish someone
would’ve stopped me from turning on the car

Knowing well that my
feelings had gone way too far