I Went to a Party Mom

"I went to a party, Mom"I went to a party,and remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mom
so I had a sprite instead.I felt proud of myself,the way you said I would,that I didn't drink and drive,though some friends said I should.
I made a healthy choice,and your advice to me was right
as the party finally ended,and the kids drove out of sight.
I got into my car,sure to get home in one piece,I never knew what was coming, Mom
something I expected least.
Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,"The kid that caused this wreck was
drunk,"Mom, His voice seems far away.
My own blood's all around me,as I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,"This girl is going to die."I'm sure the guy had no idea,while he was flying high,
because he chose to drink and drive,now I would have to die.
So why do people do it, Mom
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,like a hundred stabbing knives.
Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom
tell daddy to be brave,and when I go to heaven,
put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave.
Someone should have taught him,that its wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,I'd still be alive.My breath is getting shorter, MomI'm getting really scared.These are my final moments,and I'm so unprepared.I wish that you could hold me Mom,as I lie here and die.I wish that I could say I love you, MomSo I love you and good-bye.
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Letter from Kathie Drinkwater (nee Wilson) 4/17/05:
Hello everyone,I just read with interest the poem "I went to a party". I would just like to let you know that I am the author of this poem, and I wrote it in an English class in the mid 1980's at Solway College in New Zealand. The teacher at the time was rather taken with it, and I never thought much about it again until I heard it come over the radio a few years ago, and then started to circulate the internet. I have been unable to contact the teacher concerned to ask her how this all came about. A few of the terms in it have been changed to suit the American way of speech compared to how it was originally written. Nice to see it still going strong all these years later! :-)Kind regards,Kathie Drinkwater (nee Wilson)New Zealand