Live a Little More

I locked the bathroom door today and threw away the key This would be the day where I would entirely be free Life had no more meaning; my friends had let me down My grades showed that I would not wear the cap and gown A note I left on the counter that tried to explain everything away I merely tried to put on paper what I had often tried to say But no one had ever listened, and no one had ever tried They were not there the day when life for me had died. Seizing the knife blade, I laid it cool against my wrist, A peaceful calm came over me almost quite like bliss. Slicing deeply into the skin, I penetrated the vein Blood came fountaining forth and with it came the pain The pain of never being noticed; the pain of being left behind Suddenly, the calm left me as realization hit my mind Life suddenly became precious as darkness filled my eyes As I sought with utter fruitlessness to stop the crimson tide Slowly sinking down onto the bloodied bathroom floor My last thought was that I wished to live a little more.