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Death isn't a fresh perspective

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I saw my mother
swallowing something small
when I was just a child
The anguish in her eyes
faded, as she told me
it was just a
tic-tac,
with a little extra kick

maybe years later,
that's how I convinced
myself
to swallow fifteen,
thinking it'd
give me a fresh perspective;
in the end,
my breath reeked
of death
instead of mint.
Suicide is not the answer. Reinforcing with another poem after reading an old New York Times article. One part read (and could also be applied to Robin Williams suicide), "A nationally publicized suicide, he found, increased the suicide rate over the next month by about 2 percent on average - an additional 58 cases -and about 7 percent among teen-agers. The suicide of a famous person had an even greater effect; after Marilyn Monroe's death, the rate rose by 12 percent. 'Permission' to Die."
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depressedemonerd5's avatar

Words cannot describe how this poem makes me feel. This is beautiful.