Paying the Price

By: Alissa Meza

I thought it was fun

I thought it was cool

But look at me now

Laying here like a fool

I hear the screams crying out for help

But the worst part of it all is knowing you were the cause

The guilt is consuming me, eating me alive

But there is no turning back now, I’ve broken the laws

I should have listened in school

Saying no was the best way

Why didn’t I listen?

I should have obeyed

But there is no time to think, time goes by so fast

I can sense death

I feel my heart failing me

I’m struggling to take a breathe

I’m fighting to stay alive

(After the car wreck, wakes up at the hospital)

I wake up on a bed and wonder how did I get here?

Then its plays out in my head and how I almost lost my life

Then the door opens, there standing before me are police officers

I panic, what have I done, crimes?

Eyes full with hate

Asking the nurse how long will it be until I’m recovered

For what? I’m confused

Finally they turn to me, but hesitate

Explaining why they are here, to arrest me

But why? I took another’s happy ending

When? The car wreck

It clicks, the screaming, I was drunk driving

(Fully recovered and behind bars)

Now I’m stuck here because of my own actions

I have learned my lesson and I regret it all

But it’s too late now

I can’t go back in time to stop myself from the big fall

Now I have to pay for breaking the law

I should have thought of it before the fall

How I put myself in danger and others to

But now I pay the price not a cheap one at all