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If one can kill himself
Does he fear it from another
The pain he suffers
From another.
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Is it a sin to reach death
Before death reaches you
To travel a dark tunnel
Into the anew?
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If the dark omen
Knocks at your door
Your thread has been cut
Dropped to the floor.
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If all that is left in ones heart
Is grief and despair
Love, hope, and laughter
Disappeared in thin air.
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Or is one a coward
If he cannot accept life
With all the gifts it bears
You repay it with a knife.
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If you draw the sword yourself
And hit it with great force
Out drains the liquid of life
For you it's only source.
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Must we respect those few
Who choose to sleep forever
Are they greedy and small
Or innocent but clever?
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Or do we hail those many
Who are scared of death and pain
They are shocked it all ends
When you peirce one small vein.
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Is it self-slaughter
When we melst like a candle
Injecting all the poison
Our wax could not handle?
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But is there a man in white
A slayer among the pack
Watching for a sign of weakness
When he can pounce and attack?
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Do we lie and rot in the cold
Or travel to a place somewhere
For some, to die is joy
Others a thought hard to bear.
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Dedicated to All thoughts and acts of suicide
By Ruth.
May 18 1998