Good Friday/DWI

DWI
Driving With Intelligence
Or
Driving With Integrity
No
Driving Without Insurance
Taking no consideration the severity

As you turn the key you load the gun
a four thousand pound bullet
poor coordination, disorientation
leading to a destination
someones life left with devastation

Pain in a bottle
life's problem I imagine you swallow
A cab you forgo
it could damage your ego
wow a real hero
dead man driving
staring you at the movie show

While some at 6am are looking for caffeine
my mother looks into the eyes of the paramedic
begging for morphine
Jaws of life come down on her
like a fork in a can of sardines

One chilly Good Friday
clothes ripped from her body
unable to call her family
two surgeons agree
exposed bones would need emergency surgery


Open bar
leaves a body marked with scars
pain when it rains
from the amount of metal
within her knee, ankles and wrist now remains

10 weeks in a nursing home
her body held captive
her mind sharp and active
walking again her only motive
prayers that kept her supported


And there you lie on the wall of shame
restrictions and convictions precede your name
your fate a judge now proclaims
yourself only to blame
daddy God should be you lawyer's nickname

Anger I cannot hold to you
you see
Mathew 6:12-15
says not forgiving you only effects me
In him would lie my own poor self esteem
leaving me with a soul that's unhealthy

Consider your state of mind
you are not a Jeanie
and your home is not found in a bottle of wine
think before you drink next time
Because drinking and driving is not a right
It's a Crime!

by Pam Blair July2009