Suicide
William Rogers 1962 (Peoria, Illinois)
Gazing at my body, there on the floor,
feeling more pain now than ever before,
I see the gun laying there by my hand,
a pool of blood there where I land,
I see my Mother as she opens the door,
then all is lost in her screams of horror,
My Father rushes in, pulling me to his chest,
screaming my name and trying his best,
He knows when he feels my cold damp skin,
my time on earth had come to an end,
I see pain and hatred burning in their eyes,
how could I do this, I don't want to die,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I try to scream,
Yet it is useless as if in a dream,
Terror and sorrow flooding my soul,
oh dear God I just didn't know,
The pain it would cause those left behind,
how I forever have scarred their minds,
Now it's too late, the pain they can not hide,
just because of a selfish act of suicide.
About this poem
This poem attempts to look at what those left behind are forced to go through when someone commits suicide.
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Written on February 22, 2002
Submitted by williamrogersjr2011 on September 19, 2022
Modified on April 07, 2023
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Scheme | AABBACDDEFGHIIJKLMNN |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 801 |
Words | 185 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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