Ways To Die

She sees him through her window
He's standing right outside
The darkness always finds her
There's nowhere she can hide

There's nothing left to save now
She's been through this before
He always steals the sunshine
But she can't take it anymore

The flowers are all dying
No water left to drink
No green here, there's no colour
It's swirling down the sink

Her heart is beating fast now
There's knocking at the door
She's starting to feel seasick
She need to find the shore

She sees it in the bottle
Of pills left by the sink
She'll have to do it quickly
She's got no time to think

She sees it in the razors
They all feel just the same
The metal's cool against her skin
One swift swipe ends the pain

She sees it at the station
While waiting for the train
She's standing there upon the tracks
'til she becomes a stain

She sees it in the strangers
Who pass her in the street
A bullet, knife or bare hands
Left dying obsolete

She sees it through her window
She's finally found a way
She steps out on the ledge 
To reach a brand new day

She always seem to see it
When at night she shuts her eyes
It haunts her when she's sleeping
The ways that she could die
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Kimathi Avatar
April 14, 2016 at 7:43 AM
Congrats, Taide, for having your work featured in the Poetry Soup home page!!! ;-)
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April 13, 2016 at 11:03 PM
beautiful. reminds me to be kinder, never know what someone's running from, fighting against, or trying to forget.
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April 2, 2016 at 4:40 PM
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