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Echoes of Loneliness
Contributed by
sweetansexy
on
Tuesday, 8th June 2004 @ 09:16:36 AM in AEST
Topic:
Suicide
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The sound of loneliness still echoes in the room
Emptiness seems to consume me as
People are all around taking pictures
Asking questions
I hear their voices but its as if
They are speaking a foreign language.
I hear someone say it was a suicide
He put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger
Damn shame they said, he was only 16.
An officer approaches me and asks me to identify
My son.
As I approach the living room sofa
I notice the blood spatters and drips all along
The wall behind him
Painting a self-portrait of him.
I remember telling the officer
Yes that is my baby,
I looked over at him and fell to my knees
Begging him to please stop this
Confusion and tell me he was all right.
I felt someone grab my arm from behind
And usher me out of the room.
I felt as if I was being sucked
Into the vortex of a tornado
And I was being slashed around
Violently and everything around
Me delivers blow after blow
From the debris that the storm had consumed
As they carried my son out of the
House on the stretcher
Someone approaches me and hands me a piece of paper
We found a note
You need to read this
Dear Mom,
I’m sorry I couldn’t take it anymore
I’m finally free
Free from this world of loneliness
That has haunted me.
I never meant to hurt you
I Love you,
Mike
Suddenly everything seemed
So real
My son was gone.
How could this be, why didn’t I see it coming
How could he feel so lonely that he had to do this?
That night as I went to check for my son
In his room
The loneliness echoed through out
Only this time I could hear it loud and clear.
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sweetansexy
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2004-06-08 09:16:36]
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Re: Echoes of Loneliness
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by reilt on
Tuesday, 8th June 2004 @ 09:36:15 AM AEST
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| this is so sad and my heart breaks for your sister...this was a very emotional write and i can't begin to imagine how difficult it was for you to write...but you did it beautifully. i hope that both you and your sister will be ok* |
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Re: Echoes of Loneliness
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by wyrd_faerie on
Tuesday, 8th June 2004 @ 11:10:15 AM AEST
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| so sad...beautiful... |
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Re: Echoes of Loneliness
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by bobotheclown on
Tuesday, 8th June 2004 @ 07:19:02 PM AEST
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wow an awesome heartbreaking poem. I am sure you captured her feelings well and expressed them just as clearly. Thnx for sharing this with us.
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