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Suicide and the Butterfly Boy

Suicide my untimely death
I can no longer take another breath

I feel empty inside
No one hears my cries

I do not know how to handle this
It is not something that I can dismiss

I used to be happy and kind
But now just never mind

I have just become a disguise
For everyone’s eyes

Would it be better off if I commit suicide...?

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What is wrong with you!
Just because you have the “blues?”

And, what are we supposed to do
If you follow through?

Spend thousands of dollars to remove the rope
Your dead body set free, leaving us with no hope

What will happen to the family?
Do we just step aside silently...?

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My son is gone, you are in my dreams
Every night it is always the same theme

Beautiful mountains and scenery
Amazing butterflies, I cannot believe 

You are just a little boy
Maybe three or four

Do not go, I say
Please stay, please stay!

So what do I do?
I just open my eyes...

To suicide.

"Survivors of Suicide Contest"

Holly Moore
November 2012

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  1. Date: 11/20/2012 1:30:00 AM

    Love it ;}

  1. Date: 11/18/2012 7:13:00 AM

    Dave has stolen my comment!!! He is so correct my friend... well done... Michael

  1. Date: 11/18/2012 3:36:00 AM

    Hi and thank you for your comment Holly . I have laft you a soup mail xx

  1. Date: 11/18/2012 3:00:00 AM

    Holly the whole perception of poetry is to keep the reader engaged in the poem, to stop and digest, to go back re-read, visualize, feel emotion, invoke a memory, ...this ticks all of the boxes....David DO NOT GIVE UP x

  1. Date: 11/17/2012 8:42:00 AM

    Molly - This is just so chilling and sad and futile and heartbreaking. Could they only have known how much they were loved. And then the great chasm. love, Kathy

  1. Date: 11/17/2012 7:39:00 AM

    WOOOW ... a deep and touching poem Holly, it is very well written. - Wishing you and your family all the best, take care of each other. - Luck in contest. - - Have a relaxing weekend. -oxox / / Anne-Lise :)