In Honor of World Suicide Prevention Day
Inspired by Phases by Kevin Kantor & Sienna Burnett
the suicide note
she did not leave
left a faint imprint
on the wooden table
where they would sit and talk
over cups of milky coffee
the suicide note
she did not leave
rang like silence in his ears
the suicide note
she did not leave
burned itself onto his retinas
he feared the afterimage
was permanent
the suicide note
she did not leave
did not list
13 reasons why
he understood only
that the starless darkness
she was drowning in
had become so thick
so viscous
so acidic
that it had eaten all light
and she could no longer see
how he glowed
whenever she was near
© 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
© Revised 2018 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
Sorry Christine…. I’m too emotional……. Not long ago my 20 year-old niece committed suicide…. It’s all too sad to comment any further……………
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Understood. Holding you and your family in the light Ivor.
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Christine, heartfelt. This reminded me of a very old piece I wrote and someone I lost.
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Christine, this was buried in my diary. your post prompted me to dig it out.
https://curatingthoughts.blog/2019/09/10/resemblance-reality/
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poignant
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This captures so well what those left behind feel and think. Such tragedy and heart in this. The ending lines–perfect.
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Bravely written, Christine. I can relate since suicide took my mother from me when I was 23 years old. That is when it becomes so important to understand mental illness and to be able to walk in another’s shoes.
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Reblogged this on Megha's World and commented:
In honor of the #WorldSuicodePreventionDay
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so sad, so sad
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