Lion

 

nah, I don't spend my time thinking about this stuff... but things do pop up in mind once in a while out of the blue... he was known as Lion (said in French) on the streets... to be clear, I was not there engaging in criminal activity or part of the chase or none of that... I saw him later after the incident and he told me what happened...

 

Remember the night

Everything went to hell

How quickly things

Degenerated to tragedy

 

A friend got himself into

A heap of trouble while

High as a kite engaging

In criminal activity

 

Ensued a car police chase

And then a chase on foot

In which he crossed the busy

Autoroute dodging the cars

 

To then jump over the railing

Of the overpass, falling meters

Down to the pavement below

Completely shattering his body

 

He survived but the damage

Was too great for any repair, he was

Now quadriplegic at the age of twenty

Because of a really stupid moment...

 

It's not something you forget

 





Diary by IB M The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2024-07-21 at 15:56

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Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Damn
2024-07-22


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Perhaps everyone has a moment, an action, a word spoken, that they regret for the rest of their lives. The severity of the action in your friend's case is really tragic. A poem to imprint itself in the reader's mind. (It reminded me of a friend walking along the seafront at night and jumping over what he thought was a low wall; It was in fact a twenty foot drop onto a flagstone pavement.)
2024-07-21


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
But something that one forever regrets, thinking over and over, "Oh, I wish I hadn't done that."
2024-07-21


Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
Oh! Sad, very sad.
I dont know now, how to appreciate the pace and mystery of the poem, especially after reading your headnote. From high to low- a true roller coaster of a poem, keeping me on the edge. Thanks for sharing, IB M.
2024-07-21