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Family Reunion Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...
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Categories:
suicide, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Inhale ExhaleIt's hard to speak when my mind uses experience and thoughts as a whip
The sleepless nights I've created for myself and others I can't omit
I can close my eyes to imagine grassy fields but I...
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Categories:
suicide, anxiety, dark, depression, mental
Form: Couplet
Crimson BouquetIn spectral glow moon's pallor,
country home towered ominously,
fortress bearing silent the tragedy,
ensnared within its stone.
Her footfalls echoed in the hollow foyer,
mournful dirge in the cathedral of loss,
mirth of yesteryears drifting through
grief shrouded chambers.
In the...
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Categories:
suicide, dark, gothic, grief, horror,
Form: Free verse
If only you knewOn the eve of that somber, stormy night,
I began to see strings of spring swirling soundlessly
along the thread-thin blade of this culinary cutlery.
Why does gravity lay on thick in this silver steel accessory?
If only you...
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Categories:
suicide, anger, angst, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
If only you knewWritten for the poetry contest "If only you knew"
Sponsor: Silent One
2nd Place
This poem is inspired from the song “liability” by Lorde.
sat down with my brother the other day
asked him if my smile screamed heart...
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Categories:
suicide, angst, cry, dance, death,
Form: Free verse
Dark fightDemon hauls
Silent Loud screams
Unheard screams
Echoes of a silent dark room
My demons
Lark
Inside my dark mind
Trapped in my sanity
Piercing screams
Seeking refuge
Refuge from my fears
These demons
Never let it rest
I'm loosing
Loosing it all
Already evident
From these aching...
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Categories:
suicide, dark, death, depression, grave,
Form: Free verse
In The Waiting RoomLet me introduce myself
My name is suicide
I live in the shadows
Just at the back of your mind
You’ll probably never meet me
Sometimes I'm on posters
Usually in your doctor’s waiting room
You may glance at me
Put me to...
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Categories:
anxiety, dark, suicide,
Form: Free verse
the day i woke up from my suicideit was cold, yet hot,
a fever.
i am surprised,
as though I didn't fill myself with poison
just the night before.
my arm is taped down,
attached to an iv,
four pouches of medication seep into my veins
it burns,
yet any...
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Categories:
suicide, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
When silence speaks
Somber clouds form - rain spits.
His mother clenches freshly laid soil,
screaming his name. Three crows glare.
His daughters, shivering, hold each other,
their gaunt eyes, still sore from shock.
Now there are no words, there is no explanation.
His...
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Categories:
death, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Portal - part 2
NOTE: Please read part 1 so this makes more sense
As soon as her words enter my brain I feel the force of a million gees pressing against my body, but only for a nanosecond, then...
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Categories:
fantasy, suicide,
Form: Haibun
KALI MAA: THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU SCREAMI swear to tell you the truth
Nothing but the truth
But your heart is so feeble
And your spirit so brittle
A whiff of it will make you syncope
A little tyrant I am glad...
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Categories:
suicide, allegory, allusion, dark, emotions,
Form: Free verse
suicide in slow motionI see the slope im sliding down
slowly losing a grip on the rails
because down there lay delusions
unrest temptations to just give in,
pandoras showing her hand
but theres one card she hasnt played,
and its just so obvious...
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Categories:
suicide, anxiety, dark, drug, fear,
Form: Free verse
Portal - part 1
Today, this black oak forest will become my grave.
A crow caws in the distance, but I swear it is calling my name. I have never believed in omens or curses but perhaps there are...
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Categories:
fantasy, suicide,
Form: Haibun
The WrenLonely lies to myself
A string of hope
Clung to, hung to
Like the rope I'll use
When the time it comes
A soaring, sweet release
But for now,
My only release
Is this pen....
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Categories:
suicide, bird, death, depression, grief,
Form: Free verse
How much is a human life worth?How much is a human life worth?
How much is a human life worth?
My one is zero pounds, zero pence
I called with my smartphone to …
… to a university department of psychology
A professor replied in a...
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Categories:
life, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Suicide Poems
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