Her hollow eyes are shadowed
She cannot take much more
The one she held so close to her
Had walked right out the door
Red lips against her ears
She thought her heart would break
In the end he proved her right
And it was too much for her to take
Her spirit flees her body
As she lays down with a sigh
How can the world be okay
When children are left to die?
The blood is pooled beneath her
It's clotting in her hair
Her skin is growing paler
Her gaze is a blank stare
Her breath grows short and shallow
She doesn't want to live
Life requires much more strength
Than her heart has to give
Her life still drips away
Inside the severed vein
Trying to no avail
To end her lonely pain
Oh woe is me
The girl thinks on
Families starving
Husbands gone
Women beaten
Within an inch of their life
Children growing up
To the same kind of strife
The girl's poor body
Had no more strength to live on
And with the last of her breath
Her last letter was done
Her suicide note
Placed, there, upon her bed
A sad and lonely note
Which simply, sadly, read
Mom and Dad, I love you
But I'm sick of standing idly by
Truth be told,
I'm sorry that I'd rather die.
There's people who've got it bad,
So much worse than me
And I know that I've done wrong
Though at the time I didn't see.
I'm in a better place now,
Somewhere I can do right.
I'll try to help the helpless,
And into the dark bring light.
Someday you'll realize
That though you're hurting inside
My death from the world here
Will bring someone else life
I love you both so much
I'll love you forever after.
But please, my parents whom I love
Know I'm bringing laughter.
Author notes
I wrote this ages ago - I don't have the exact date - but it was lost in the abyss of my room. I found it at a point when reading it reminded me that sometimes you have to reflect BEFORE you make mistakes.
Written December 9th, 2005
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Why, thank you. I'm so glad you enjoy my poetry.
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Bravo!
Very, very deftly done! You have a real sense for the sound of a poem! Bravo! -
I'm glad you liked it. =D
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this is so deep... tear jerker really.
wow.. you really got me going.
this is such a lovely poem. i'm very taken with it. -
wow....this was so amazing....I'm actually breath taken! GREAT WRITE!
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I'm sorry, I had my computer's default font set really big, so I hadn't noticed how TINY it was.
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i'm so sorry... i feel as though i'm wasting your points but i really can't read this the writing is too small... it hurts my eyes... so i'll promote it once to make up for it.
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