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Poem campaign highlights anti-drink drive culture

Alison Holland, from Safe Kids Walking, believes that an innovative campaign by teenagers is evidence of a strong anti-drink drive culture among this group.

The campaign centres around an emailed poem. The recipient is asked to read the poem, sign the pledge and adhere to it - and then forward it to friends and family.

The campaign is setting out to collect as many pledges as possible - once 5,000 have been gathered the information will be forwarded to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

The poem reads as follows:-

I went to a party,
And remembered what you said.
You told me not to drink, Mum
So I had a Sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,
The way you said I would,
That I didn't drink and drive,
Though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,
And your advice to me was right,
As the party finally ended,
And the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,
Sure to get home in one piece,
I never knew what was coming, Mum
Something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,
And I hear the policeman say,
The kid that caused this wreck was drunk, Mum,
His voice seems far away.

My own blood all around me,
As I try hard not to cry.
I can hear the paramedic say,
"This girl is going to die".

I'm sure the guy had no idea,
While he was flying high,
Because he chose to drink and drive,
Now I would have to die.

So why do people do it, Mum
Knowing that it ruins lives?
And now the pain is cutting me,
Like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid, Mum
Tell daddy to be brave,
And when I go to heaven,
Put 'Daddy's Girl' on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,
That it's wrong to drink and drive.
Maybe if his parents had,
I 'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mum
I 'm getting really scared.
These are my final moments,
And I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me, Mum,
As I lie here and die.
I wish that I could say I love you, Mum
So I love you and goodbye.

For further information about the campaign contact Allison Holland, info@safekidswalking.org.uk

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