After a Friend's Attempted Suicide

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Open Poetry #26

After a Friend's Attempted Suicide

Adonis Cross
Junior Member

since 2003-04-07

Posts 46
Miami, FL, USA

0 posted 2003-04-20 07:35 PM

Had I heard the sounding siren
Signaling a need for urgent action,
Nothing could have stopped or stalled me.
Sadly, I was busied elsewhere, out of earshot.
What excuse, then, have the heavens?
What required their rushing rescue
More than she, who surely could have died?
That she didn’t doesn’t get them my forgiveness.

Sometime later I’ll be sinning;
Still, these thoughts will keep me quite complacent:
I can wash my back, and briskly,
Ridding all bacteria from its farthest reaches
Though I never see its surface;
I can wipe the rolling water
Well before it falls onto the floor,
Making me as able as an erring angel.

[This message has been edited by Adonis Cross (04-21-2003 01:59 PM).]

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

1 posted 2003-04-20 08:04 PM

how well i know your feelings i lost a daughter by suicide.

a nice rememberence yuo have written

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

2 posted 2003-05-29 03:03 AM

This is always a horrible thing. Making the
loved ones wonder if they could have helped
prevent it.

"To be in love with love is truly to love".....by Paladin
~with heart hugs from Ethel__GG~

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2003-05-30 04:37 AM

very sad

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2003-05-30 05:35 AM

Thankfully it didn't happen so there's room to reflect and write....This is an open expression of your feelings. Thanks for sharing.

The best teachers have the biggest ears

ben_pelling
Member

since 2003-02-28

Posts 59
Isle of Wight UK.

5 posted 2003-05-30 08:44 PM

Very sad write.

I lost my girlfriend due to suicide so I know how you feel. *crys* :'(

I have often wondered if I could have prevented it, and there might have been that chance she didnt commit suicide if I had noticed the signs that she was not herself.
I just thought it was PMT. I was wrong.

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