I did it again. Just when I thought I couldn’t last another day I’m still here. Not sure for how much longer, but here today.
I feel like I don’t have anything new to say, so I’m going to say the old stuff in a new way. I find that the haiku is an under utilized and under appreciated medium, so here are some haikus about suicide. I can’t seem to figure out how to get the lines single spaced:
INDECISION
Will I or won’t I?
Each day a game of roulette.
Well, still here for now.
THE BALANCE SHEET
Reasons to live? Meh.
Reasons to die a plenty.
I know what to do.
THE UNKNOWN
Heaven or hell, or…?
Afraid of what lies beyond…
What if it is worse?
UNSALVAGEABLE
Shipwreck, chaos, flames.
Gasping for air. Cannot swim.
Give in to the sea.
ANGUISH
Unrelenting pain.
Chest pounding, stomach churning.
I need this to stop.
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Got tons of failures
I have tried to kill myself
and again, I failed.
I am so confused
if the real monster is me
or what’s within me.
Perhaps if I’m dead,
they — who never looked at me —
would know I exist.
“You can’t kill what’s dead”,
I told the murderer so
he walked out instead.
A thin thread of hope
is enough to hang myself
with a long thick rope.
https://thoughtcatalog.com/dezza-fernandez/2014/06/13-haikus-on-depression-and-suicide/
Huh…guess I’m not the only depressive with an affinity for haikus. Thanks for the share!