Social Suicide

By Butterfly

My lifelines are gone
I'm all alone
I have nothing but empty emotions to keep me company in this lonely life

People all around me
Pretending to care
Drones with programmed responses and mach feelings to their fellow man

Empathy runs deep
Through hollow thoughts
In all reality I don't care I don't know what this futile exsistence holds in store for me

I am sorry
To those I hurt
Those of you who truly cared those of you who were true friends and companions

Routine boredom
Fills my life
The continuity used to keep me going day to day now the repetition has worn me down

There's no other way
I want out
The easiest way out I can't take this lonely, empathetic, montonous life anymore

The pain
Only lasts a short time
The razor slices deep and easily, exposing vein and an instant flow of crimson blood

Warm steady flow
Quick release
Open wounds bleed the life quickly and the light that is my life is bled from my soul



*Dedicated to Daniel Rion Wood*

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Copyright 2004 Erica Evans
Published on Thursday, November 18, 2004.     Filed under: "Tribute" and "Poetry"
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  • Butterfly On Friday, September 23, 2005, Butterfly (99)By person wrote:

    It's not really about suicide, it's more of a metaphor for someone i once new. This is his entire life wrapped into words. It was like everytime you got to know him he would kill himself and start over again as someone new.

  • TheBardOfBlasphemy On Monday, September 26, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy (358)By person wrote:

    wow... that's very interesting. I wouldn't really pick that from the poem. If what you say is true, and you wanted this poem to reflect this, then shouldn't there be some sort of "phoenix reborn" bit? Still v.cool

  • A former member wrote: wow, this is awesome I can relate to this in so many ways...good job

  • A former member wrote: yes,i agree to..i like the bottomw two the best lines..^.^

  • A former member wrote: I love the last 2 stanzas the most, though I must admit I almost never write this way, in concern with the subject you talk about here.

  • The Crimson Queen On Thursday, December 16, 2004, The Crimson Queen (918)By person wrote:

    Wow


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