Suicide Poem by Scarlett Morpeth

Silence is all she hear
No laughter or sorrow
Nothing but memories of happier times
But they’re gone now
And she’s all that is left
The mirror show the girl
Lanky and small
Pale and unwanted
Eyes that sink into her skull
Hair that lies like string by her side
“No one wants me”
She tells herself
“They’re better off without me
They don’t need me
I’m better off dead”
The blade, small and sharp
She picks it up
Runs her finger down it
Red liquid trickles down her hand
She stares
“Do it, do it now”
She ties her hair back
Removes her jacket
Lays down
Blade poised above her heart
“Goodbye, cruel world
You said you loved me
You said you cared
But I know better now
And I know that this will make it all better”
She breathes in deep
Rapidly the blade comes down
Tears through the skin
Her breath slows down
Her heart beat stops
She’s gone
She said they didn’t want her
She said they were better off without she
She said they didn’t need her
She said she’d better off dead
But she was wrong