Lost Love

We had been goin' out for about two months. I still remember the first time I met her.

It was at a stormy football game. She was tryin' to get out of the rain and she was soaked. We both wound up standing beside each other under the bleachers.

We started in conversation and I found we were both 14. I was surprised to meet someone this beautiful my age.

We stayed in touch for quite a while and went out on a few dates. In all of my relationships, I have never found someone who wouldn't treat me like dirt or use me to get back at an old boyfriend.

I swore to her that when the time came, we would run off together and get married. Of course, I don't know why we had to run off, her dad and mom absolutely adored me.

Anyway, I gave her my senior ring as a promise.

But little did I know things would turn around.

We were drivin' home one night in my truck. We were headed home from a party where I know a lot of the guys had more than enough drinks. The road was slick from a recent thunderstorm that had just passed by. We were talkin' and I took my eyes off the road for just a brief second. All of a sudden, a car came out of nowhere. Their headlights just seemed to come right for us.

All I remember after that was hearin' tires squeal, her scream, and the sound of glass breaking and metal twisting.

The next thing I remember was sittin' in a funeral home with my family members and hers. I over heard something about a drunk driver hit us. And bein' in a funeral home, I thought the worst. Is she dead?

I couldn't bear the thought of bein' without her. But she came walkin' through the doors just at that moment. I was so relieved! I ran up to hug her but she just seemed to walk right through me.

I turned around and she headed for a back room. When she came out, her eyes were filled with tears.

I blacked out, and when I came to, we were at a gravesite. I saw my girlfriend again. As I walked up to talk to her, she walked right by me.

She headed toward the casket. I saw her take my senior ring off the necklace I got her for her birthday. She set the ring and the necklace into the casket. Then she started to cry again.

Everything finally came clear to me, and I walked over to the box of pine, peered in. Sure enough, it was me, lyin' in that ol' pine box.

This story goes out to those who have lost loved ones to the effects of drunk driving.

Please, save a life. Don't drink and drive.

(Author Unknown)

Copyrighted © February 1, 2008 by Angel45_2B

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"There Goes My Everything"