Date With Death

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Jenny was so happy about the house they had found
For once in her life it was on the right side of town.
She unpacked her things with such great ease
As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze.

How wonderful it was to have her own room
School would be starting, she'd have friends over soon.
There'd be sleep overs, and parties; she was so happy
just the way she wanted her life to be.

On the first day of school everything went great
She made new friends, she even got a date!
She thought, " I want to be popular and I am 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 would sure 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 just have to wait.
For Jeff was half drunk by this time
But he kissed her and said that he was just fine.

Then 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 to drunk to drive.
They finally made it to the point at last,
And Jeff started to try and make a pass.

"Perhaps my parents were right...maybe I am too young,
Boy, how could I have ever, ever been so dumb."
With all of her might, she pushed Jeff away,
Saying, "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 her life was in danger.

She begged and she pleaded for him to slow down,
But he just went faster as they neared the town.
"Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied.
I really went out for a moonlit ride."

Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash,
"Oh God, Please help us! We're going to crash!"
She doesn't remember the force of the impact
Just then everything went black.

She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble,
And heard, "Call and 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 were 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 of her head,
As they gently told her that Jeff was dead.
They said, "Jenny, we've done all we can do,
But it looks as if we will lose you too."

"But the people in the other car!?" Jenny cried.
"We're sorry Jenny, they also have died."
Jenny prayed, "God, forgive me for what I have done
I only wanted to have one night of fun."

"Tell those people's family, I have made their lives dim,
And wish I could return their families to them."
"Tell Mom and Dad 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-- she never agreed.
But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes.
And a few moments later Jenny had 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 eyes so sad
"Because the people in the other car were her mom and dad."


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