Suicide Prevention

I think we all have our own ways of escaping. Some of us use drugs, highs to hide the pain- Some of us work, and work, and work Or drink and drink and drink or both- Some of us sleep, or don’t sleep at all. Or sleep with others, Or sit quiet with music playing somewhere in the background- But I think, everyone just tries to escape. I think that is how we all deal nowadays. We run away. We smile without our eyes. We smile not for ourselves but as a reassurance for others. I just laugh louder. We take our pills. We sit in rooms with a therapist or say we don’t need one, Like I can find my friend at the bottom of the next bottle, Like I can find my friend between my sheets Between two words strung together The way she used to say them. 9/6/2017