{ depression/ suicide}

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on December 22, 2008
• Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 300, Bronze: 2, Honorable mention: 1 people
• Final notes:
  Congrats to all

• To judge this contest, you need to have at least as many finalists as you have rewards. You have 4 awards but only 3 finalists.

Contest Winners

1. The Darkness Grows

   Wanting to die / So I can forever fly / Bleeding more and more / So I can get my chance to soar / This feeling comes and goes / And it completly blows / I'm tired of feeling this way / Tired of always knowi

   by Harbinger of Death 23 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 5 7:38 PM 2007. In Emo, Suicide
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
2. Dímelo/Strange Fruit.

   Dímelo por que estas fuera de mi?
   Loving, a person, a girl, with a heart of ice;

   by Dawliah 72 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 9 11:39 PM 2008
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Depression

   Into the darkness it pulls me
   I feel its’ hot breath on my neck

   by Nicada 23 lines, 26 comments, on Jan 3 12:53 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Pain, Life
   Bronze trophy winner

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Entries [67]

• A Bath Before Diing

  Luke warm water to thin my blood.
  The sweet smell of vanilla burning in candles.

  by blueyez 11 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 27 12:57 AM 2006. In Sad, Dark, Angst

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• Neverending Suicide

  another tribute to the dear life of Stacey

  by Rock-Junkie 30 lines, 28 comments, on May 28 8:39 PM 2007. In Loss, Pain, Personal

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• Drown

  Drown
  By: Julia L. Clark

  by theredcatjazzoflove 100 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 18 3:57 PM 2008. In Pain, Abuse, Personal, Sad, Life, Lyrics, Thoughts

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• Awake

  by Seaquince 24 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 24 11:08 AM 2008. In Adult, Angst, Personal, Sad

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• Cutting Edge

  Crystal clear, razor sharp
  Pressed against fair silken skin

  by Broken Vow 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 24 8:44 PM 2008. In Pain, Teenage thinking, Depression, Personal.

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• falling down

  I am slowly going downhill again / its getting darker as i go. / No more colours just dark grey and black. / Getting upset over things i shouldn't. / Seeing somethihg live on television so shocking / to talk about.

  by dark tigress 19 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 12 10:50 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Pain, Personal

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• Trickle down

  Misdirection
  I've lost my soul

  by Polkadot Cadaver 33 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 24 11:46 AM 2008

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• Can't Stop The Rain

  It's raining in my head

  by psych 33 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 9 1:06 PM 2008. In Suicide, Abuse

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• Bleed

  by mysterious.angel 50 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 5 9:46 AM 2008. In Dark, Love

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• xx--The Signs--xx

  While wishing I had wings,
  So I didnt have to deal,

  by Panicked-Puppet-xXx 44 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 17 11:38 PM 2008. In Eating Disorder, Suicidal, Depressed, Self Harm..., Abuse

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• The Teenage Juliet

  It's prom night and she's all alone.
  He's out dancing while she's on her own.

  by memo3 61 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 4 3:30 PM 2008. In Love, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Life, Angst, Dark

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• Butterfly Mind

  by myheartbait 26 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 9 7:01 PM 2008. In Weird, Thoughts, Escape, Depression

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• Another Time, Another Place

  The twisting winds of song
  only I can describe as salty

  by Young Spook 31 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 2:08 AM 2008

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• For the love ..........

  Everyday She wakes up at the light of dawn
  to relieze her lover is not there

  by Devilish Temptation 29 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 2 1:11 PM 2008. In Pain, Other, Personal, Sad, Society, Dark, Spiritual, Thoughts, Weird, Life

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• My R-Rated Movie

  I'm hanging on a thread of ecstasy
  It's a snake choking me round the neck

  by ScissorhandHugs 23 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 23 6:22 PM 2008. In Pain, Dark, Death, Suicide, Weird

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• Journey threw Andrew

  What am I to do?
  I’m holding on to the rail

  by daydreaming 54 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 25 9:42 AM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Hope, Love, Dark

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• Yellow Birthdays

  Salvation for him
  Came at the end

  by boeing bettie 38 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 4 9:52 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Personal, Sad, Suicide, Death, Loss

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• Depression, Suicide, Heartache

  Depression, Depression
  That's all I ever think

  by FaerieNWonderland 11 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 31 10:56 PM 2008

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• Finally at Peace

  by Poetic Butterfly 37 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 12 8:34 PM 2007. In Suicide, Pain, Depression, Depressed, Sadness

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• [ ]

  It'll be just another trip I say to myself
  As I size up each tree in passing

  by lostmedia 15 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 25 10:48 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Life, Love, Pain, My own style, Death, Humanity, Lost in thought

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• "That Lonely"

  You know how you get that lonely?
  When you feel the walls are closing in

  by Dena62265 30 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 18 10:22 PM 2008. In Sad, Pain, Personal, Thoughts

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• Goodbye

  "say goodbye to all that may trouble you"
  That is what you told me.

  by PsychoAnalysis 29 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 12 6:06 PM 2008. In Sad, Personal, Pain, Thoughts

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• beauty is pain

  i want to eat a flower
  so i feel pretty,

  by BrittlesSkittles 37 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 11 9:02 PM 2008

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• Life Span of the 'Living Dead'

  Possibly it's unhealthy
  to think of the

  by Bleed the truth X 49 lines, on Sep 7 8:02 PM 2008. In Life, Angst, Thoughts, Weird

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• Broken

  Each smile she gives,
  hides a thousand tears,

  by XfaceXdownX 17 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 30 10:53 AM 2007

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• My Suicide

  Shattered glass / Bloodstained floor / Shining brass / I can't take no more / Scattered pills / Running water / Amber chills / My liquid fi

  by Temptation. 20 lines, 2 comments, on May 31 5:32 PM 2007. In Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad

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• Darkness

  Spirits of summertime bliss, read from inside a cave.

  by Dangerousparable 9 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 2 5:56 PM 2008. In Dark, Pain, Personal, Sad, Death, Suicide

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• Deepest Isolation

  Isolation of the highest caliber.

  by Twilight1989 23 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 19 3:30 AM 2006. In Sad, Dark

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• Darkness

  I live in a world of Darkness
  I try and try to get out but i can't

  by wolflover84 22 lines, on Aug 17 10:37 AM 2008

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• The Underworld

  Coming home from work,park the car,unlock the door
  The cats dead on the lounge

  by Drella 39 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 29 8:57 PM 2008

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• Ghost

  Blood stains the wall
  her fingers linger over the splotches

  by Katherine Holden 23 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 8 12:48 PM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Life, Other, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Suicide, Death, Depression

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• Aftermath

  by MissBananza 23 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 21 12:56 PM 2007. In Adult, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, suicide

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• After The Attempt

  I thought it would be easy and painless
  Like going to sleep after a long day

  by frostany 53 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 26 9:23 AM 2008. In suicide attempt, pain, fear, personal

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• wolfman's lament

  by jameswadlow 22 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 27 10:45 AM 2007. In erotica, fantasy, love, loss, pain

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• Dried Depression

  I lay in a corner of a dark room
  Neon lights and strobing spheres touch my skin

  by cold fire77 38 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 16 12:02 PM 2004. In Sad, Dark

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• Dark and Empty Road

  I walk down a dark and empty road. / With no one to help me / But my shadow side. / The side that whispers all the bad things to me. / The side that tells me to give up. / The side that says nothing / Is worth it.

  by pyscho harley quinn 14 lines, 4 comments, on May 18 2:59 PM 2007. In Pain, Dark, lost

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• A Failed Attempt

  by WednesdayJade 42 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 31 9:51 PM 2008. In Pain, Personal, Sad, Depression, Suicide, Hurt, Thoughts, Noguest

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• too late

  When will this pain stop Will it be when my life ends and my body drops

  by demoncatcat 19 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 9 6:23 PM 2008

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• Why did you have to leave?

  I wrote this about my father mark anthony lightfoot, he commited suicide in 2003, and since i never like to talk about it i write instead.

  by lifeWillKillYou 28 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 26 8:16 PM 2008. In pain

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• The Child Crying

  I fight the furies deep within
  My soul's so lost I can't begin

  by poeticcaresses 30 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 27 4:41 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Pain, Personal, Longing, Sadness, Depression, Anger, Children

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• Drowning

  I took a perfect swan dive
  Into a sea of despair

  by vampedvixen 22 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 12 5:26 PM 2008

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• Welcoming Death

  wishing this would only end him
  he cries in the night for mercy
  

  by Guerrero 25 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 26 9:15 AM 2008. In pain, sad, dark

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• Campus

  Today I thought of ending it all
  As I walked past the canals that runs by the campus

  by Zarokk666 10 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 18 4:00 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts, Dark

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• Moonlight Shroud

  One night the moon, so palely shining
  Gilt the clouds with silver lining

  by XLadyElinorX 14 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 18 11:24 AM 2008. In Dark, Death, Lost love, Sadness, Pain

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• Corpses

  My soul screams from the empty walls of my heart
  But my lips are stitched shut

  by writeroftoast 27 lines, on Nov 28 11:44 PM 2008. In Pain, Life, Dark, Loss, Escape, Depressed

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• Emo

  my life is turned inside out
  

  by cycoboy92 14 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 24 4:44 PM 2008. In Pain, Sad, Dark, Emo, Death, Sadness, Depression, Depressed, Angry

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• All i can see

  Faking smiles,
  Faking laughs,

  by truehunter10 29 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 3 2:48 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Depression, Suicide, Abuse

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• Washed Away

  The shining silver moonlight plays
  Upon the sand, upon the sea,

  by Sunkissed xo 18 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 13 2:34 AM 2008. In Dark, Life, Pain, Escape

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• Depression

  Into the inky, black opaque
  brought hard to my knees for Jesus sake

  by Poesing 11 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 29 10:51 PM 2008. In Contest, Sad, Personal, Pain, Life, Thoughts

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• come die with me

  Take my hand, walk away
  Leave this life, leave this day

  by Oresama 24 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 13 7:40 PM 2008

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• Finally It Makes Sense

  Only now
  after years

  by mort888 27 lines, on Nov 4 10:01 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Personal, Love

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• Death

  Death has oversome me
  as I sit and wallow in self pity

  by LordMret 21 lines, 1 comment, on May 6 2:09 AM 2008

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• Hurt

  If I was an animal I'd be a unicorn
  If I was a food I'd be a cake

  by headintheclouds 3 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 22 3:11 PM 2008. In Pain, Personal, Dark, Life, Sad, Thoughts

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• Images

  It chases away my sleep,
  And yet finds its way into my dreams

  by -JuLz- 15 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 14 9:38 AM 2006. In Dark

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• Rid the Pain, Kill the Hate

  My mind is fighting,
  It's been a month since the crying

  by Joshua DePesa 43 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 25 10:14 AM 2008

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• I am

  by Aesthete 26 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 25 2:38 AM 2008

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• The end

  The end ,Wait till morning and I'll be dead

  by xxhere4ubabyxx 18 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 29 12:42 AM 2008. In Anger, heartbreak, fustration, unfairness

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• Life Sleeps Within A Coffin

  by Aurielle 30 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 4 5:00 PM 2007. In Love, Life, Thoughts

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• Slipping Away

  7. Slipping Away '.'

  by juliex-exotic shine 18 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 27 5:59 PM 2007. In Sad, Thoughts, Pain

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• Bitter End

  Storm cloud gray mysterious eyes Innocent truth lost in lies

  by jt4mc 33 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 1 10:53 PM 2007. In Dark

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• Bad

  I knew it was bad
  when I did it last

  by hatsuharu01 23 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 8 9:59 AM 2008. In Sad, Emo, Depression, Self-Injury, Hate, Pain

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