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