A Friend's Poem
I talked crap @ 2:36 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 01, 2003

My friend Alyssa's poem::

Tears of Innocence

I left without you knowing

I thought I’d be okay.

But now I know, after that many drinks

There really is no way.

Mom, he seemed great at first.

We talked throughout the night.

And when Katie showed up to take us home

He said, no, he’d give me a ride.

We parked at the old drive through

Just talking and having fun

Until I said I had to go

That’s when everything just came undone.

I yelled and fought with all my strength

It was all I could manage to do

He ignored my screams and flailing fists

Smiling while he broke my life in two.

He left me lying on the pavement,

Blood streaming from my body.

Trembling at the thought of having been

Another victim from a party.

Someone must have seen

Because there were doctors all around.

An officer kept asking questions

But all I heard was their sound.

Mom, you were standing over me

Tears streaming from your eyes.

You told me that you loved me

As I began to cry.

I want the man whose baby I carry

To somehow suffer my pain.

To know how it feels to walk in fear

And hang your head in shame.

Mom, why didn’t I listen

When you said I couldn’t go?

Now I cry throughout each night

Feeling like I should have damn well known.

He took away my pride, my life.

He stripped me of self-esteem.

Now I’ll have a child to raise

And I’m only seventeen.

I’m sorry for not listening

For thinking I knew best.

Now I suffer my own consequences

Praying I’ll survive all the rest.

Alyssa©2003

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