Cold Summer Night

Blaine Brateng
Grade 10
Roseau
Community School

 

We ride our wheelers in the dark

Supposed to be back at midnight

The rain starts to fall on us

Our bodies tremble from the cold

And our only light the shining moon

 

We reach the highway and listen for cars

But we hear nothing and we start to ride

The tar's as slick as glass

We go faster, faster, and then wide open

I glance back to see my buddy

He's not too far behind me

Then I see him lose control... .and crash

I watch his body twist in half

And see parts scatter on the road

I can't move, can't speak, and feel so cold

 

When the ambulance finally comes

They say it is too late

People standing all around

Praying this wasn't his fate.