Suicide

Disappointed and bewildered
in the storm of steel
she looks to the darkness
to escape what’s real.
The light was demanding
unjust and unkind
melted her strength
petrified her mind.
She won’t return
to more of the same
Let darkness take me
it knows my name.
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Global suicide rates have increased 60% in the past 45 years.
On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds somewhere in the world.

“How easily we drink the sweet poison
and reject the honest nourishment.”
Dartwill Aquila

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