Poetry by Joey

Silent Screams

Can’t you see that you’re perfect?

Maybe i’ve just gone blind

Because I can see you’re worth it

So why do you draw the lines?

Your skin is pale and splotchy

It’s covered in battle marks

Scars that you made so flawlessly

They fade into the dark

I can see you crying and i’m confused

I snuggle next to you and you push me away

For too long you’ve been beaten, bruised, and abused

I hold you saying “You’ll see them again someday”

And so here I am sitting patiently every day

Thinking after thirteen good months it’d be over

But instead i’m waiting for you at your grave

And now i’m crying because I couldn’t save her

I close the story book and write down your name

Those few syllables have never meant so much to me

Since you’ve been gone nothing has been going the right way

I’m too lonely and too convinced that I decide to scream

That’s all you’ve ever been doing after all this time

Only you were silent and you went in vain

I now know I have to try to take my own life

I do what you did and leave the rest up to fate

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Author's note: This poem is about a someone losing their friend by them taking their own life, and then they decide to take their life. This is dedicated to those effected by suicide, especially because when someone we love is gone, we often are left wanting to be with them.