Suicide

S

Everytime I wondered

What the headlines meant

When they went

"Teen found dead, hanged"

U

As a child,

I never understood.

Why would someone 

Take their own life?

I

I never knew what the word meant

I still don't.

I did try, ask my parents 

"What is Suicide?"

C

Overwhelmed by the question

They'd shush me and try to protect me.

Finally did I figure it out,

But my emotions just flushed out on finding out.

I

My face would go white

At those news clippings on TV,

The fear of dying was real,

The insanity of killing oneself was genuine.

D

It scared me. Still does.

Life is beautiful,I'd argue

But little would I know

What you've been through.

E

All I can do is help,

Pray to forces to give you strength

I still wonder what the word means,

Sure does bring a blob, dry picture in my head.