Sense Sonnet - Acher

Causing

My wife and son were shopping, so
I waited in a bar until
I got their call of time to go,
And then gulped down a quick refill.
They were waiting there at the curb.
When they got in my wife could see
I'd been drinking. She voiced perturb.
I just ignored her silently.
And also ignored the red light,
Too late thinking what I had done.
The wreckage was an awful sight,
Especially my wife and son.

I chose to drink and then to drive,
And they are dead and I'm alive.