Take Suicide off the Table

I received word late last night that a friend's son took his life last week. I am not sure anything could be as painful. The following is a poem I wrote several years ago after I found out someone close to me had committed suicide.

Take Suicide Off the Table

by

David Michael

When life is dark and dreary,

and pain is deep within your soul;

thoughts of death and destruction emerge

and depression takes its toll.

Solutions may be hard to find,

and optimism seems too cavalier;

find a space between your thoughts

before spiraling down in fear.

Take suicide off the table;

it's not an option for your pain.

Open your mind to possibilities

there is so much to gain.

Suicide is not painless,

those who are left behind will say,

Suicide is severely painful,

and it never goes away;

it never goes away.