As walking along I've seeh That walking happily I'd been Until today

Now standing here I see

That no reason can there be

And no reason pleasing to the ear to hear, That kneeling here unhappily

For such a vast eternity

My heart does hurt me so

And so I lie

Brad Deighan

oS) A scream of terror ent, the night, heavy dread ~ And unknown fright. A painful stillness falls, Seconds like hours pass by, Wrenching metal and busting glass, Another painful cry. Turn back the hands of time, To just hours before, Five teenagers in a car, No clue of what's in store. A final grad night party, Parents gone away, No rule or strong values, Even the best can stray. Joe and Ambyr on the Sofa, Yelling over the band; Empty bottles surround them, Half full ones in their hands. Kim's in the other room Dancing with some guy, You can barely tell the two apart, She's not being the least bit shy. John has disappeared; He has a thing for drugs, When the smoke clears, All he does is shrugs. The crowd grows scarce, The night grows late, One of the five will drive; All will test their fate. The roads a rushing stream, The tires hydroplane, One wrong decision, And the world's gone insane. The car hits the guardrail, Ambyr lets out a scream, Images spin around, Like colors from a dream. Ambyyr cried a final time, Before she hit the glass, Thrown out the windshield Through the twisted mass John and Joe never spoke again, - Crushed from either side; Kim lay strewn and silent, Frozen as though she died Kim will never walk again, Never again to dance, Many miles ahead for her, No hopes nor dreams nor chance. I don't know why I buckled up, Or why I took the keys, I'd drank as much or more than them, My life was there to seize. I walked away that night, Never given blame, | I lived my life in bitter hope, Of a redemption that never came.

Becky Burhoe