Crunch, shatter
The sickening sounds of condensing car matter,
The pain in my stomach, the ringing in my head
How could this happen? The light was red
It’s hard to breathe, someone’s sitting on my lungs
My body feels funny, like a shattered coffee mug
My bits and pieces feel jagged and numb
In my ears my heart frantically thrums
Everything far away is blurry
Red and blue lights flash in a fuzzy flurry
My mouth tastes like a jungle gym bar
Red dots decorate the inside of my car
Men in yellow break open my door
I try to say "help" but blood dribbles on the floor
They try to pull me out, but all I do is scream
My body hurts like it’s been unraveled by the seam
I’m sleepy but they tell me to stay awake
Oh, God, do they know how much energy that takes?
Two men put me into an ambulance
I can’t help but cry, the pain is more than I can stand
Everything is fading to black, and everyone is calling
My body feels weightless, kinda like falling
Someone’s tapping me, pleading me to keep my eyes open
What are they afraid of? It’s my way of coping
We’re at the hospital, they rush me in
They poke and prod at me and my limbs
The police are here, am I under arrest?
They’re talking about a blood-alcohol test
I can’t seem to understand, what do they mean?
I’ve never had alcohol, I’m only seventeen
I try to say I’ve never drank, but all I can do is cough up blood
It’s comes from my mouth in a red, angry flood.
They turn me on my side, and hit my back
I cough harder than before, then it all goes to black
I’m in my mind, but I’m floating
Nothing but white, everything moves slowly
Everything’s peaceful, everything’s perfect
Nothing to worry about, nothing to suspect
But there’s something nagging at the back of my head
A tiny, muffled voice screaming "wake up or you’ll be dead"
Can’t I stay for a few more minutes?
Everything’s peaceful, isn’t it?
But the voice gets louder and louder
Wailing in my ears, making my ears pound’
But it’s not just a voice anymore…
Mom?
She screams my name, she’s been crying
She asks me to please not be dying
Then everything goes quiet
Like the intense silence before a golden glove fight
I try to open my eyes
But everything is too bright
There’s people standing over me with funny masks
Out of nowhere a pair of hands puts a mask on me with funny smelling gas
Everything goes black again
Everything’s paralyzed but my brain
My body feels numb, I can’t feel a thing
Damn, why do they keep doing that?
All the while I hear monotone beeping, I use to keep track
Then I hear wailing and people shouting
But it’s so far away, kinda like its echoing…
Then I sit up, hoping it’s all a dream
Something tells me nothing’s as it seems.
My mom and dad are standing in the corner crying
I get up and to tell them I’m not dying
In fact, I feel better
I ask them not to fret,
But I’m ignored, but why?
They still won’t look at me, no matter what I try
Have I done something wrong, was I bad?
What could’ve I done to make my mom so sad?
Please forgive me, I’m ready to cry
I haven’t stole, I haven’t lied
My dad says something that I can’t hear
I can’t understand, my heart beats in fear
Suddenly in rushes the nurse, her face is red
She rushes in and works around my bed
I walk on over and try to talk to her
She won’t listen, so I begin to curse
She’s trying not to cry as she pushes some buttons
A few more people come in
Their faces are sullen, I can’t understand
Why everyone is so sad
They all turn around, one even steps on my feet
One of them turn back, and pulls up the sheet
Wait, what?
Why did he do that?
I walk on over, and I can’t believe it
As I pull down the sheet, I see myself
No, this can’t be true!
I start to cry
I crumple on the ground
Not able to make a sound
Suddenly the door turns white
Something pulls me, something that I don’t want to fight…
Later the next day, a newspaper read:
Local teen dies in car crash, hit by drunk driver at 8:45 PM. The driver has survived with a minor concussion and several broken bones. The teen arrived at Metrocity Hospital around 9:00 PM, but did not survive due to severe concussion, broken bones, and severe loss of blood, and died around 3:30 AM after being operated on.
