Imagine Me Dead

Just a few hours ago I read your letter 
Explaining to me how you think you’d be better 
Off dead, that your life is no longer worth living 
You say you’ve done things that just aren’t worth forgiving 
The tears that you’ve cried, and the lies that you hide 
How they eat you inside with no one to confide in 
I want you to know that I’ve always been here 
Wanting only to guide you away from your fears 
If you’d only just let me I’d kiss all your tears 
away, you never gave me the chance to be near 
you. So please listen closely my words are sincere 
you would take part of me if you just disappeared 
a big piece of my heart that I could not replace 
along with memories that I could not erase 
like those moments when I brought a smile to your face 
you can NOT convince me that you’ve fallen from grace 
so before you give in take a look at yourself 
not the “you” who’s depended on somebody else 
to feel loved, to feel blessed, to feel beautiful inside 
take a look at the real “you” the one you’ve denied 
cause she’s screaming inside you “please open your eyes!” 
please look past this disguise you’ve created with lies 
there’s a beautiful soul within walls that you’ve built 
out of bricks of low self-esteem, anger, and guilt 
If you’d just let me in I could show you the real you 
with love, unconditional, love that could heal you 
before you listen to that voice in your head 
think of how you would feel if it was me instead 
could you live with yourself if you found me in bed 
with the sheets stained and soaked with the blood that I’ve bled? 
Please remember my face when you start to see red 
When you pick up that blade, just imagine me dead
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 11/28/2009 9:15:00 AM
Have a beautiful weekend and thank you for posting your awesome poetry here for us to read William. Love,Carol
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Date: 11/27/2009 8:52:00 PM
Inspiring, well-written poem William. If this is about a true relationship, you are a God-send. I pray she will listen to you and reach out for your hand! Too many beautiful people choose death and not life! I guess they are in so much pain that it seems easier to give in to the ultimate deception. However, in God there is always hope. Peace and love, Audrey
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Date: 11/27/2009 1:17:00 PM
Ow my strong deep poem filled with emotions--Charma
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