Suicide Poems | Examples of Suicide Poetry

By that pool, where the shadows did rule, A confused kid, thought he'd end it cruel, He plunged his weary head, With a heart capped of dread, But recalled he has homework for school. Picture Prompt Poetry Contest: Poetry Contest Sponsored...Read the rest...

These eyes are full If I blink this river will flood, Overwhelming feeling My fears are misunderstood. An unboxed memory- open Thoughts I cannot take, Don’t want to talk about it Fear- my mind will of course break. Can’t push it back now It’s...Read the rest...

I cannot die tonight I dog-eared a book Of pages I haven't perused You know how long that took? Scent of pages Frayed and yellowed Always get me Calm and mellowed The spine cracked and worn Each page a promise, a tale untold In the...Read the rest...

we had all grown used to seeing me in a hospital bed but this time, i don’t know if i’ll pull through. my mother is a brilliant woman. strong and tenacious. i can feel her anxiety building as my blood...Read the rest...

Walk With Me Tonight the storm rages. Is it worse outside  Or inside my head. The thunder threatens  To shatter the window panes. My insanity threatens To take my life. As the lightening Slashes against the night, My tears fall faster than The rain plummets from...Read the rest...

I matter less because I'm matterless I'll sink my teeth into your skin And with the milkweed's kiss We will live through it all again With anger in my veins And love in my blood I slit the pathway for...Read the rest...

There is so much pain in this world, You seem to take it on As though it were all yours. You wear it like a weighted blanket, Each of your movements constrained, So much more effort, Just to stand up. I thought...Read the rest...

For some reason not even the earth could change my mind The wind banging against my ears And the dark night couldn't disguise it. The oak trees could protest their judgement And the ocean can keep wailing But my...Read the rest...

A tree, bright and tall Hope deferred before the fall Slowly but surely the call is dead Look up! The sky bleeds red How can this be? Obliviously and ignored She closes her eyes and counts to four The dark revealed...Read the rest...

Starting full, a beauty complete. The sun circles and circles once more. The toll it came and so they fall. It continues to thrive, just less. The sun circles and circles once more. Beauty grows a mask. Unseen at first, the...Read the rest...

I wrote you poetry All it did was make you angry So now I swing from the weeping willow tree Waiting for the end of me Oh weeping willow Aren't they happy down below Time for me to reap what they...Read the rest...

Love's warm embrace—unknown to me, A hopeless chase, where's home to be? Alone and broken, life fades away, A journey's end in disarray. An open casket, tears are shed, At least the...Read the rest...

In a nearby village, a man unfurled his manifesto of machinations. Shotgun blasts echoed the summit until he turned, cheeks flashing in the biting cold. A bouquet of flower petals, explosive roses frozen in time, sculpture at the snap of...Read the rest...

Smoking a cigarette while staring at these sparkling lights. Wondering about just what or just whom I should decide. But all I can think about is death or committing suicide....Read the rest...

“no!” … he said, “they’ll ne’er take Piccadilly!” then downed a pint in one gulp … tucking five pounds under the edge of his sodden Churchill coaster, “bloody awful price!” he grumbled quietly, turning sharply on his heel to depart the pub...Read the rest...