Madison lane

by Jennifer - Sagittarius

my mind takes me back
to days that i don't recall
yet it seems so familiar
that slowly i can remember it all
days, weeks, years before i was born
i can tell you things i shouldn't know
i know so many stories
upon you this knowledge i'll bestow

a girl sitting in her room
thought she had had enough of life
so she downed her mother's scripts
and sliced herself up with a kitchen knife

and a guy saw a girl
walking home alone after the show
and he took her innocence
while she cried and screamed no

the old lady down the street
knew her husband had another wife
so as he lay asleep
she past judgement on his life

intoxicated, a girl just knew she could drive home
so off she took in her car
but after a three tree obstacle
she didn't make it very far

and the lady on Madison
called her dead husband's lover
and told her not to worry 
the body would never be discovered

and the guy next door 
found his daughter in her room
and screamed in horror
at his bloodied daughter's doom

and no one on Madison
ever knew about the show girl
she went into a non-talkative state
and withdrew herself from the world

and the poor drunk driver
obviously she didn't survive
but the trees she hit
still stand tall and alive

and no one on Madison
could ever be
as shocked at the events
as was me

no one will ever know
that in one night
two people ended their struggles
and saw a new light

in one night on Madison
eight lives were forever changed
but the world will never know
as all the survivors became estranged

and most of the trees have died
the houses have become old
and what known as Madison lane
is simply "that old road"

but as i sit in my room
about Madison i will always know
because i wouldn't be
had a guy not seen a girl at the show
Birth sign: Sagittarius
Date created: 1999-09-21 22:35:47
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:23
Poem ID: 53376

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