There'd be sleep-overs, and
parties, she was so happy.
It's just the way she
wanted her life to be.



On the first day of school,
everything went great.
She made new friends,
and even got a date!

She thought, "I want to be popular,
and I'm going to be,
Because I just got a date
with the star of the team!"



To be known in this school,
you had to have a clout,
And dating this guy,
sure would help her out.

There was only one problem
stopping her fate.
Her parents had said
she was too young to date.



"Well I just won't tell them
the entire truth.
They won't know the difference;
what's there to lose?"

Jenny asked to stay
with her friends that night.
Her parents frowned
but said, "All right."



Excited, she got ready
for the big event.
But as she rushed around
like she had no sense,

She began to feel guilty
about all the lies,
But what's a pizza, a party,
and a moonlight ride?



Well the pizza was good,
and the party was great,
But the moonlight ride,
would have to wait.

For Jeff was half drunk
by this time.
But he kissed her and said
that he was just fine.



The room filled with smoke,
and Jeff took a puff.
Jenny couldn't believe
he was smoking that stuff.

Now Jeff was ready
to ride to the point.
But only after
he'd smoked another joint.



They jumped in the car
for the moonlight ride,
Not thinking that he was
too drunk to drive.

They finally made it
to the point at last,
And Jeff started trying
to make a pass.



A pass is not what
Jenny wanted at all
And by a pass,
I don't mean playing football.

"Perhaps my parents were right,
maybe I am too young.
Boy, how could I ever,
ever be so dumb."



With all of her might,
she pushed Jeff away.
"Please take me home,
I don't want to stay."

Jeff cranked up the engine
and floored the gas.
In a matter of seconds,
they were going too fast.



As Jeff drove on
in a fit of wild anger,
Jenny knew that her life
was in grave danger.

She begged and pleaded
for him to slow down,
But he just drove faster
as they neared the town.



"Just let me get home!
I'll confess that I lied.
I really went out
for a moonlight ride."

Then all of a sudden,
she saw a white light.
"Oh God, Please help us",
she screamed with all her might!



She doesn't remember
the force of impact.
Just then all of a sudden,
everything went black.

She felt someone remove her
from the twisted rubble,
And heard, "call an ambulance,
these kids are in trouble!



Voices she heard...
a few words at best.
But she knew there were two cars
involved in the wreck.

Then wondered to herself
if Jeff was all right,
And if the people
in the other car was alive.



She awoke in the hospital
to faces so sad.
"You've been in a wreck
and it looks pretty bad."

These voices echoed
inside her head,
As they gently told her,
that Jeff was dead.



They said "Jenny, we've done
all that we can do.
But it looks as if
we'll lose you too."

"But the people in the other car",
Jenny cried.
"We're sorry, Jenny,
but they also died."



Jenny prayed, "God,
forgive me for what I've done.
I only wanted to have
just one night of fun."

"Tell those people's family,
I've made their lives dim,
And wish I could return
their families to them."



"Tell Mom and Dad,
that i'm sorry I lied,
And that it's my fault
so many have died.

Oh, nurse, won't you please
tell them that for me?"
The nurse just stood there,
and she never agreed.



She took Jenny's hand
with tears in her eyes.
And a few moments later,
Jenny died.

A man asked the nurse,
"Why didn't you do your best
To bid that girl
her one last request?"



She looked at the man
with her eyes so sad.
"Because the people in the other car,
were her mom, and her dad."

This story is sad,
and unpleasant but true,
So young people take heed,
it could have been you.


~Author Unknown~



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