Texting And Driving

A child runs
across the street
She just wants to play
A truck comes up behind her
He keeps coming
and coming
Doesn't slow for anything

His head is down
He's not watching the road
He hears a bang
He looks up
but it's too late
He steps out of the truck
gets down to her level
She's not breathing
He's overcome with grief
What does he do now

The mother comes
calling to her child
"Dinner time"
She sees the body
lying beneath a truck
She screams
and cries
Her baby is gone
This man took her from her

He got a text
He looked at it
"what's the harm"
he thought
"I'll just take one peak"

He throws his phone
to the ground
watches it shatter
This object
distracted him
and now this child
has to pay