The Day Your Life Ended

This is a long poem.

The smell of fresh rain filled the skies

The sight of droplets falling from your eyes

Was there anything that I could do?

Because I'd do anything to save you

You were so high and invincible

With your thoughts incomprehensible

Consumed completely in your sorrow

For you there was no tomorrow

You made the decision in your soul

And took it into your control

But did it have to end so soon?

Surely there was something else for you

I only wish I had spoken out

But you told me to close my mouth

Because I kept your promise all those years

To never tell anyone of your fears

The danger that you had wielded

Only this time you didn't yield

You continued to harm and hurt

And through the years became quite curt

Was it because of the others?

Weren't you thinking of your father and mother?

And all that they had done for you

Now their plans gone askew

It was not your job to go and die

If only you didn't believe those lies

...

Do you remember?

The time, the place

Or any of the faces

Of the ones who lied?

Do you remember

All those parties at my house

Where we'd get drunk

And then pass out?

Do you remember

All the times you wanted to die

So you grabbed a knife

And said "I'm not meant to survive"?

Do you remember

How much your hospital visit cost?

No, you wouldn't

Because you were already lost

...

The smell of fresh blood filled the room

We knew that we would lose you soon

Was there anything we could do

Because we'd do anything to save you.

Author's Note

A person either a boy or girl committing suicide and their friends regrets of staying silent.