Poetry Feelings

two

they told her that suicide was not much
an escape but a disaster.
but her life was so full of mind made tragedies that one day, when she felt so completely overwhelmed.
she took a lift to the top of a 20 story building, and walked along the length
of the roof.
to the edge where she stared straight down.

and in that moment it didn't matter
whether there were people that loved her, or things in her future to look forward to. it was all about that moment and her mind became very clear as she thought of the way to end
the pain.

but as if luck would have it
she looked across and parallel she saw a boy jump and fall down so quickly
that his life went by faster than a
shooting star but there was no
time for any wishes.

and once that moment had passed
she thought of how his family would cry and blame the fact that they hadn't
asked him whether he was okay in a
while and she thought of how his cat
wouldn't understand why there was nobody around to stroke her
anymore and how his friends would be
so distraught that they would start to
hurt their own bodies too.

and she knows that her life
would end up much the same
and that actually nobody
would be better off if she wasn't around