Attempted Suicide Poem by Gert Strydom

Attempted Suicide



You were like a nuclear reactor
that was overheating
and mere heavy water
would not be enough
to cool down
your plutonium core.

Depression more than fury
had driven you past
all danger signs
and both kids
were already as if radiated,
the one by heroine
and the other past caring.

I had to brake the locked
bedroom open
where I found
rows of empty bottles
on the dressing-table
next to you.

Freed, you were unconscious
and I had to carry you
by myself to the car
while vapours
came out of your mouth
before you’re retched
right over me.

The trip was a nightmare ride,
where I skipped traffic lights
and stopped at casualties
of the state hospital,
followed by the Police.

You were less than a step
from paradise
and I had to force doctors
to immediately treat you.

When you resurfaced
you were crying
and cursed me,
for saving you
and said thanked me
and in a way
you were happy
to still be alive.

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Gert Strydom

Gert Strydom

Johannesburg, South Africa
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