My twelfth grade classroom
Only three minutes left
We all watch the clock tick
As we sit in our desks
The bell finally rings
As we rush towards the door
Finally out of school
At a quarter to four
As I walk down the street
To my girlfriend's place
I see on the other side of the road
I boy with a blank looking face
Running up behind him
Was four other guys
They teased him and pushed him
I saw tears in his eyes
I ran over to help him
But they all ran away
I helped him pick up his books
He was having a bad say
To help him cheer up
I asked him his name
He said it was David
He looked a litte shamed
I invited him to a concert
I had an extra tickiet to go
He said he'd think about it
But I think he meant no
I encouraged him to come
It was a really good band
He said he wasn't sure
And he already had plans
I told him we was crazy
He would miss quite a show
He thought for a minute
Than he said he would go
Two years later now
We've become friends, we're close
We hang out alot
I'm probably with him the most
Last week I said to him
"Dude, you never study
I'm not lecturing you
I was just wondering something"
I said "When we first met,
You had all your books
You were taking them home
Was that all for looks?"
He said he was making it easy
That he didn't want his Mom
To have to clean out his locker
After he was gone
He explained that in school that day
He had made up is mind
He was going to go home and leave
This cruel world behind
He said that he prayed to God
To show him a sign
That somebody cared
And I came just in time
He said that I saved him
By being so nice
He had almost paid
the ultimate price
Astonishing how just one act
lasting only a minute
Can change one's whole life
And everything in it |
Submission Name: The Butterfly Effect
