Alex Duffy Poet Free verse

How To Save a Life

I hope the world starts to see the good in your heart
I hope you find someone who wipes the blood from your scars
I may not know how to save a life but I can spread love
I hope everyone going through something keeps their head up

I battle depression daily and most the time I feel alone
I built the wall after the demons had already got inside my head and built a home 
I tried to evict them, but some still live in a room up there
But I had a refurbishment, so there's a new look here 

We're all fighting different battles just trying to find our way to survive
We fake smiles during the day because we cry when our bad memories replay at night
At 17 I overdosed on tablets and tried to take my own life
So I wish every lost kid out there makes it home tonight 

I used to pray that I would die in my sleep
No one knew because I wouldn't cry to my peeps
I hid my suicidal thoughts from the world but I needed help
I just wanted to be free from all the pain I'd felt

I soon realized you can't feel happiness if you don't experience pain first
I hope I have it in me to inspire someone with my words 
We're all fighting different battles and it doesn't cost a thing to be kind
To me this is one of the hardest poems I've had to write, to others it will just be more rhymes

I hope the teenager picking the blade up finds a way to put it down
I hope the young queen being discriminated against, still wears her crown
I hope those being bullied, fight back and realize how special they are
I wish that every self-harmer finds a way to stop and heal their scars

Almost 6 years free from the blade, I never thought I'd get here
This will give hope to some, but writing this poem was one of my fears
I may not know how to save a life but I can spread love
I hope everyone going through something keeps their head up

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Elizabeth Kinch November 7, 2017 at 7:01 AM Inspiring Alex. I'm so pleased that life has got better for you, I'm sure your writing helps. Would love someone on PS to read this. Keep spreading love. Alex Duffy November 7, 2017 at 7:20 PM Thank you, I never thought it would back then, so I just want to try and let others know that it will, yeah writing helps a lot. Thank you so much, I will continue to spread love