Suicide Forest

Bodies grimly hang from trees
On strings, like leaves in the summer.
Lives ended with scribbled notes
Nailed to dead wood hastily.

Twisted corpses with limbs so
Frozen in a last attempt to live.
Arms around their throats
As though they could be rescued.

No one could save you when you screamed.
Why would you think differently now?
You let them alone and they left in exodus.
Your agony was your own.

Choking on these bloody screams,
Your noose tightens quickly.
The forest hears you scream.
The other bodies are still listening.

Reviews

[Mélania Woolf]

Oh Wow! I could imagine everything you said. The hanging souls and the left breaths ...
My hat is off to you Alexx :) What a brilliant write this is !

[Alexx]

Thanks so much!

[Dipanjan Dutta]

This is scary a bit and also made me sad. I enjoyed the choice of words that undoubtedly brought out the intended feeling. This one is a beauty Alex. Thanks for sharing.

:-) Dipanjan

[Alexx]

Thanks so much! I was really worried about posting it. I thought it was pretty grotesque