You tore me apart chum
Set my hands on fire
I said "no" but still it was pushed
Now pushing for me is impossible
I'm paralyzed and broken
Recovery: painful and slow
Look at me if you can without crying
I'm your glowing trophy of disgust
Watch me struggle to sip substance in bed
By wires of plastic I hang here
Misery lies with me
I didn't deserve this
And you don't deserve my forgiveness
Yet I find myself not holding a grudge
Just merely holding grief
If you once again choose to play dumb and drive drunk
Don't bring a victim with you
Really powerful words, A friend in highschool was killed in this way...so this poem hits home for me...Its chilling and sad...but also a strong warning to those who dont know what they may take from someone else...
its really interesting that it should end this way... without a grudge... just with grief... my friend got killed in a drunk driving accident and the girl who was driving got very little prison time for it which at first made me very angry but now... realising that she has to live with the reality that his death is her fault for the rest of her life... i couldnt imagine anything worse and i almost feel sorry for her... almost. this is a very well constructed write... speaking of the total change, disruption, upheaval in the victims life and i guess i got the impression that the victim is like "im suffering enough right now so that no one ought ever have to go through this again..." kinda thing... very powerful
Pretty graphic and brutal. It shows the anger that accompanies this sort of blind injustice. Keep the rage but somehow show the person that you will still go on.
Submission Name: Wrecked
