Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy
Earlier this evening, I decided to take a drive to the Dells from Ripon to get something that I had forgotten at home. It had sprinkled and slushed from the sky for about 10 minutes of the day, and roads were expected to be clear. I was going 55 most of the way, which is the speed limit and about normal for me. Just as I was getting into Princeton, I was rounding a corner and saw a bunch of lights. As I pushed my brakes on, my car failed to respond due to my lack of 4-wheel drive. I 360'd and travelled backwards about 5 feet into a ditch. I remember screaming and seeing the lights of firetrucks spinning around me, but not much more at that time except the jolt of my seatbelt pulling me backwards. After the car came to a stop, I glanced out the drivers window and about 10 feet away from me was an upturned car, smashed front-first. About twenty firefighters were gathered around the car and digging underneath the foot of snow that was trapping the car. As I glanced at the car, I thought, "That could of been me." I kept on seeing myself inside. Then, as I watched more, I saw members of my family and friends. I cried for whoever was in there, although I knew it wasn't any of the people I thought I saw in the car. I cried because it could've been me. And I cried for the simple reason that I was scared. Although it wasn't a very life-or-death situation, it still hit me. As I was driving away about an hour later, the 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) kept on running through my head.
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
The cars speeding past me seemed to go faster and faster...I kept on silently asking them..."Where could you be going that makes you go so fast? Why are you in so much of a hurry?"
Slow down, you move too fast
It scared me to think the last drive I would take was to go home to get a phone charger, the last thing I said to my mom was "See ya soon," the last thing I said to my roommate was "You make me sad..." All these lasts traveling through my head.
Slow down, you move too fast
What were those people that were in the amulance from the upturned car in such a hurry for? What could have been their mission?
I'm not sure what happened to those people. As far as I know, they could be walking around, with minor scratches. Or they could be...dead. That could have been their last drive. What was the last thing they said to their friends and family? Where were they going?
So this is a message to you. It's not to be scared and drive 35 mph everywhere. But the message that I love everyone of you, and if anything ever happens to me or you question our friendship, remember this and that I will be there thinking of you if anything happens to you. I love you all! And don't make your last drive be to get a phone charger!
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the cobblestones
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy
UPDATE: My mother informed me the other day that the people in the car lost their lives in the accident. She told me that she didn't tell me earlier cuz she knew that I would've freaked out. She was right.
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