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When driving to a party one night,
I recalled what mom said was right.
"Alcohol will only do you wrong,
in that kind of crowd you don't belong."
Taking the chance they wouldn't ask me to drink,
I pulled in knowing they didn't think
Think what it means to drink and drive,
risking others and their own lives.
Many don't care, others just say,
"it won't happen to me anyway."
Sure enough I was offered a beer,
saying "yes" was my only fear.
After I said "no", they left me alone,
then I quickly decided it was time to go home.
As I got in the car I heard someone say,
"don't you come back if you don't wanna stay."
My feelings were hurt, but I knew deep inside,
taking that chance just didn't feel right.
With the radio up and my ego shot down,
all of a sudden my world spun around.
Not knowing what hit me, what a surprise,
life flashed before my very own eyes.
Not long after that I remember much more,
that's when I heard the opening of the ambulence door.
My body being loaded in, I head a soft voice say,
"I asked you not to drink, but you didn't obey."
Another was loaded in beside me,
I wasn't drinking. It was him. Can't you see?
Yet I was the one all bloody and cut,
he sat up, keeping his mouth shut.
Letting me get blamed for hitting his car,
I'm the one with the cuts and the scars.
Barely alive, fighting my last breath,
I know I didn't drink, I'm better than the rest.

This poem was written by a friend of mine. When Adam died, his parents set up a scholarship in his name at my high school. One of the requirements was to write a poem on the effects of drinking and driving. This one was the winner and was written by my friend Jessiann Darga.