Challenge
Someone you loved committed suicide.
Write a speech you would say at their funeral, or whisper to them into the air. It doesn't matter.
Left behind
It has taken years to realize
there was never anything
anyone but you could do…
If only love were sufficient
to shed light where
darkness lives
heavy and oppressive
keeping one mired
in its muddy depths
of melancholy and woe,
where hope
has withered away and
one has forgotten
that certain
lightness of being
that tomorrow,
with its promise of
possibility,
can inspire.
If only the care and affection
of another
were sufficient
to lift burdens
that overwhelm
and make waking up
something to dread,
make one long
to be dead,
asleep
perchance to dream
forever
it must be better
says the mind
that would decide
upon suicide.
Love cannot live
another’s life,
cannot really know
another’s mind,
the agonies suffered.
I loved you.
I love you.
I know you know.
I still miss you.
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