Monday, April 12, 2010

Accidental Accident

Soooooooooooo...
I forgot to post...
Forgive me all it was not what I attended to do, I just got side tracked a lot and now I'm here apologizing to you.
I don't really know what you people want from me. I like posting my poetry for you to read and tell me what you think, but no one tends to do that so I don't know where to start. I'll post one, but just one, but first there is a story I would like to share with you as to why I look at life the way I do now.
"OH GOD ONE OF THOSE STORIES!" I know I know but this is important to me because I myself almost caused the death of a couple people I had just met, and it was never my intention to do it. A car accident almost made me suicidal. A car accident broke me mentally and would leave me to stare into the abyss for hours just going through images and audio in my head. Scary how something so crucial can just take your life and turn it on you.
I had been recovering from a day of work in California when I had been given a job to pick up my coworker's girlfriend and baby from the airport as a suprise to them. An awkward meeting seeing as I had never met them before. After picking them up we were on our way back to the hotel the crew was staying at when we started conversation so things wouldnt be as weird for both of us. Talking about music and different songs I found out she was a fan of Eminem and I told her I had his new CD in the backseat if she wanted to reach around and grab it. Reaching around her baby started to make a fuss so I tried to make a face and grab his hand so he would be comforted and not start crying. I wasn't looking at the road...
Looking back I twisted the wheel to avoid another vehicle. Hitting my right side as I was traveling at 55 mph doesnt exactly keep you on all fours. We teatered onto the two left wheels and then back to the right as I corrected. I corrected again not wanting the truck to fall to the side the baby and mom were on, and let the truck go. We landed on the driver's side and slid 50 feet across the highway. Glass shattered in my face from the window. Trying to stay calm I knew I had to keep her calm.
"Unstrap your baby," I told her.
Her screams were hard to get over...
She did as I told her and soon after someone stopped to help us out of the truck. The top door opened and I can remember vivid detail of grabbing the baby by the stomach and lifting him from the car as glass slid into my arm. She as soon after pushing more glass into my head.
The rest is cop talk and hospital...
I was supposed to go home tomorrow...

1 comment:

  1. PJ - I still remember you reading this in class and it just hit me so hard. I can't even imagine how you felt but your writing brings me there.

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