Suicide Lines Poems

When I pen lines, fresh thoughts of Vincent van Gogh
     strike me! How, with palette and brushes, he breathed
life's scenes onto...

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My room was a mess
I left an empty plastic bag 
on the floor, by the bed
And when I walked around 
It stuck to my feet
And...

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Etched across unyielding flesh
One red line
Crimson tears wept
Upon linen fresh

Flitting steel
Lay two red lines
Side by side
Odious reminders of hope denied

Chaotic confusion hidden behind
Penniless pronouns
He, she,...

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My skin is a delicate porcelain.
Never used, and well taken care of because it is fragile.
Always on display because fragility is beautiful until it actually...

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Hyperactive and slow as a kid,
then labelled stupid with wit,
a confused academic but athletic,
whom then abused drugs and drunk 
and spent many years being high...

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I drew a line in the chalk 
I tasted freedom
I touched the moon
I saw the air conforming around human nature
I danced in bliss
I smelt emotion...

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Straight lines.
Blurred lines. 
Life-lines .
Flat-lines. 
This world is a sphere ,
We live on lines....

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My name is “Maryam”, the name of the Prophet Jesus’ mother.
Alhamdulillah I’m a wife of a medical doctor.
I was born in Saudi Arabia in nineteen...

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there are memories of old women being young
and there are memories of old men being hung
the noose was tied too tightly for
the memories shall be...

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