All My Wishes Were Sent Back To Me
A loved one found their parent close to death on the floor. These experiences can seriously affect young minds.
Everyone deserves love and happiness. But not everyone embraces the gifts they're given.
Suicide is not the answer. Even if we think it's a cure. Please choose life. You deserve a chance to thrive. Blessings.
All my wishes were sent back to me
By Michelle Morris
23/04/2023
He found you
Dying on the floor
All those pills you took
Almost stopped your heart
Multiple suicide attempts
Over your lifetime
We couldn't help you
We could only try
But trying only
Goes so far
And life is so short
For each of us
I could wish
To make you happy
And know that wishes
Could be real
But the truth about
A lifetime of tragedy
Is that the choices we make
Define us so often
When we don't seize
Happiness with jubilation
When we don't allow
Ourselves to live
It took years
For you to die
You stumbled
Through each one
Always a step
Out of sync
With the life
You were meant to have
Between the pills
And the booze
The haze
And mental illness
Your voice was silent
You chose hopelessness
Instead of living
You chose death
All my wishes
Were sent back to me
Because you
Could not accept them
© Michelle Morris, 2023
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