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A girl looks at life,
She thinks of a knife.
A world full of hate,
What will be her fate?
Her life is full of pain,
She wants to take her life in vain.
Her backstabbing best friend,
Her heart will never mend.
He is forever gone,
She'll never see his face at dawn.
She reaches for the stars,
Just to hear the foreboding sound of crashing cars.
Accepted she is not,
Around the collar she is hot.
They all think everything is fine,
Little do they know her life is on the line.
Parent's say "your life is yours"
Then all she hears is the slamming of doors.
Depression is a way to live,
She can only continue to give and give.
She wants love,
She sees the river from a bridge high above,
She wants everything to be calm,
A slit of the wrist, near each palm,
She wants to see,
What life can and should be.
All she needs is more stress,
Dear God, her life is a mess,
She comes so close,
Only one more dose.
In her friends she'll confide,
But when the truth comes out, she'll run and hide.
The adults were never told,
Her friends thought they'd never help, they are too old.
Time after time,
Next time she'll swallow more than a dime.
All she can do from now on is hope,
Right now she's just going to mope and grope.
She gave and gave,
No one would ever find the gun with her in a cave.
Who would have really cared,
Even if she dared?
Life is not a cup of tea,
That "she" was me.
Sheena Thompson
4-16-97