Why won't you LISTEN?!

I have this friend 

He used to laugh SO HARD that milk would come out of his nose...even when he wasn't drinking any milk. 

He used to joke about everything.

 He used to do a lot of things. 

You know how sometimes, 
Sometimes there are things,
 usually the things that bug the shit out of you, that your friends keep doing even though you tell them to stop?

 Like leaving a mess or blowing his paycheck on payday 
Or maybe making fun of you in front of a pretty girl 
Or like when he acts stupid in front of the other folks you're trying to impress 
Like when he got on the phone with his daughter Saying "no I love YOU more" so many times I just want him to shut the hell up so I can finish my story, give instructions, or tell a bad joke 

Oh and then the telling and retelling and retelling and retelling the same damn story again and again because it was funny once. 

It really WAS hilarious. 

Once. 

And I thought I would have to smack him if he EVER showed up on the jobsite just ONE MORE TIME in flip flops and shorts. 

And I TOLD him not to fall in love again. 

"Hell boy you ain't got shit settled from the last one...or two or twelve. "
 
Dammit I WISH you would listen to me!

 Why won't you soak up this wisdom?

 WHY can't you hear me?! 

You drink too much, 
fck too much, 
lie too much, ... 

drink too fast, 
drive too fast, 
spend too fast,
 eat too fast, 
and did you REALLY have to get me to eat that hell burger with the ghost peppers?

 It BURNED ... 

when I PEED!! 

WHY 
WON'T 
YOU 
LISTEN?! 

And when you THOUGHT it was ok to have one more drink 

When you SLAMMED into that wall were you able to THINK 

About a sweet little girl to whom her daddy was her world 

At the airport waiting for Christmas. 

The blood ... 

It clouds your vision now 

And you've got to be wondering how 

to ease all your pain 

while your own heart crushes your brain 

by filling your thick skull 

finally ending a life full 

of unfulfilled potential 

When she screamed "PLEASE DON'T DIE!" 

And she searched in your eyes 

for the love of her life 

Why didn't you listen? 

She felt ... 

your heartbeat 

And your blood flow 

And your thick, labored breath 

And then, ...

And then your heart stopped. 

Why friend? 

Why Can't you LISTEN?