Un-living
You live your life in a haze
Your parents believe it is just a phase
But it is too late: you've already turned to the blade
You find relief in the pain
Afterword, you feel ashamed
But you need this to stay sane.
30,000 in America die by their own hand every year
Too many unseen tears
Life is what you fear
Your purpose is unclear
Would anyone even care?
Suicide:
3rd leading cause of death for teens
Yet they still don’t see
They can’t hear your screams
And now you are breaking at the seams
Why is everyone so mean?
Unrelenting are the voices in your head
Reminding you that no one would care if you were dead
You lay still in your bed: Contemplating life and death
What’s worse?
Feeling everything at once…
Or nothing at all
You want silence: one solution is what you see
You grab your pills/gun/knife
No one will care anyway?
Six people
Your death will intimately affect AT LEAST six
But your life is still not a quick fix
And before you decide life or death: Remember those six
And please don’t let this be your last breath
Not while you’re in a dance with death.