Domino Effect

Guohang(Henry) Z

Drive Safe Not Distracted

Estefania D

It's Not a Game

Mikela P

Teens Supporting Teens

Claire M

All For a Text

Lucas C

A little ping

Just a quick glance

How little in significance

Only a second

What’s the risk

He looks real fast

Looks back up and all goes blank

Sirens wail

And screams sound off

Lives are gone

How senseless the loss

If only he had waited

Families are fractured

Death is a hatchet that divides

And pain will surely fester

Loved ones never say goodbye

Children’s songs do not survive

Now tell me – was it worth it

He read his text

Life will go on

And he escapes death’s ghastly jaws

It surely was a close one and he will live

But will it be a curse

It was just a quick glance

Only a second

Couldn’t he have waited

But in the end

Tears and blood flow in harmony

Full recovery never materializes

It wasn’t a dream

His trepidations are all confirmed

Blood is on his hands

And all just for a text

Put the food in the back

Makeup away

Phone on silent

A text can wait

Eyes on the road

Domino Effect

Guohang(Henry) Z

Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

R.P.M (Ready, Pay Attention, Minimize)

Isaiah C

Rewind from Impact

Abigail (Preferred name: Alexander) V

Impact

noun

The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.

A man rides his bike down the street, ready to provide for his family. 

To the store he goes, cars passing by he counts them and thinks “Two blue buggies, a yellow, and a pink. Wait till my daughter hears about this!” 

The man smiles to himself as he peddles, he comes to a crossing.

Impact 

noun

The striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision.

A man drives speaking on the phone, “I love you, goodbye” he says, missing the sign, the line then dies. 

Impact 

noun

Have a strong effect on someone or something.

Two men lie on a gravel road. 

Knock, knock, knock, comes a rapping on the door.

Two police officers, two different front doors. 

Two families impacted for life, wishing they could rewind. 

Rewind, like a movie, bike and car moving backwards in slow motion, able to see what was missed. 

Impact 

noun

Synonyms: Change, alter, modify, transform, determine. 

A man rides his bike down the street, ready to provide for his family. 

To the store he goes, cars passing by he counts them and thinks “ two blue buggies, a yellow, and a pink. Wait till my daughter hears about this.” 

The man smiles to himself as he peddles, he comes to a crossing, he sees a car, he waves thank you as he passes. 

Impact 

noun

Synonyms:  Have an effect, make an impression, act.

A man drives, ring, ring, ring, his phone sounds. 

He makes a change, ignoring temptation, he may not realize but his actions determine his fate, he and the pedestrian are safe.

Impact

noun

Synonyms: have an influence.

A man and his son, newly fifteen, drive down the street.

Ring, ring, ring, the son’s phone sounds, he reaches for it.

“Keep your hands on the wheel, don’t pick it up, you must watch the road” 

The son nods to his father, a smile on his face, as a man on a bike passes and waves. 

Adios Carro

Andres M

How to Drive Safe

Justin David D

Put Down The Phone

Celine C

The Stoplight Method

Rebecca L

Johansen High School