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caption in life

Suicide may be the fastest way out but,

it can also be one of the hardest.

I know for I have been privy to this so,

private information many time over more secret.

Sadness and woe much to bare.

not for myself but,

for family and loved ones.

Deformed thoughts gliding through my lonely veins,

tainted trust cloud's my brain.

The drugs take hold as I start to cry,

mother, father, ....please

I don't want to go this way.

Twisiting in pain, clutching my failed body,

crying...

what will be said at my funeral?

Was he nice?

Was he quiet?

he's dead?

To come from death to afterlife,

To watch the torture in my family's barren faces,

who having cried so many tears it stains a salty path of death.

Across there pale and worn faces each line tells a story of woe,

each scar coming from the past which I wrote for them.

Thievary, dishonesty, unpassionate love.

I carved it with a blunt knife of lies.

To seal this horrid caption of life in memories to come,

I write this.

letting you know it wasn't as easy as you thought,

The sickness.....

The betrayal....

I died to end it all.

In the end suicide is what started it all.

So, say my prayers for me one last time,

kiss my forhead, cold and fake, 

and tell me you love me.

Toss the rose and throw the dirt,

and let our life of pain and lies truly begin...
— thegodshatter2, Jun 16, 2010

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Mark

Mark

15 years 11 months ago

Hey GS

I like the idea of writing about suicide from the outside and reality kudos for that. I suggest a new and more creative title though and personally I would remove suicide from the end. That done I'll have another reading.. Going good, Mark PS Nice changes IMO Resilient Flexibility RUN; when there seems to be no answer common sense will not speak, so run - -go running..
jetz

jetz

15 years 11 months ago

Josh, Whoa…this is a very

Josh, Whoa...this is a very powerful piece of writing. I need to read it through a few more times to really take it all in. (I am like that with all poems I like!) I am sorry to hear this is a subject you have , in your words; "been privy to." I think you did an awesome job with this. There are some typos and a tad too much punctuation for my taste, but your content is awesome. Drop me a line if you want some help with anything. Sue
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magics02

15 years 11 months ago

Shatter

Your poem leaves me well I have to come back to this one too. Caption in Life...hmmm.thinking here and your words of despair perhaps. Unsure which way to comment and would like to say this. Well then again I shall save what I have to say and pm it to you. The poem as Sue says can use a tweak me upper but all in all a sad but true felt poem of yours. If it is indeed your poem a write of you I also know what your feeling as my cousins boy did just that and he was so beautiful and the drugs took him out at the ripe age of 24. Nearly killed his mother and father, it was their only son and oh my what a time it has been for them both over the last five years. I talked to his mother everynite for hours and hours as she just could not bare it anymore. Today she is on pills herself to deal with the pain and loss. It is a tragic thing...oh well I am going to stop now and apologize if I am sounding too preachy to ya. You know I missed you in here and I am happy you have decided to return. Love at ya guy Magics Mona xoxoxo
whitetea

whitetea

15 years 11 months ago

I’ve known many who have

I've known many who have been there before including family members and myself. Some have, some haven't done it. You checked that you wanted the "raw truth" Tell me how you feel about this piece, does it feel finished or do you feel its starting to take shape. It can be difficult to share a personal piece. As a suggestion when I write about heavier topics I engrain the topic in the middle of the piece instead of starting out with it I lead into it. Your title was a good pick. Maybe you could expand on the emotions behind it. There is a big focus on the public reaction, but what about your reaction. Consider taking a look at the poem without any line breaks, just as one big paragraph. Does it feel like normal sentences or does it feel almost like a song? I use some of my poetry to cope, I understand a poem like this, sometimes it is used to toss ideas around and communicate back to the mind of the reader. I try to spill my emotions, mental processes, and state of being in with what i write, and I do often write about what i wrestle with. I think this is a good way to communicate to yourself how you feel, I think this has a lot of potential.
M

magics02

15 years 11 months ago

I so agree with white tea also

Good advice gal to God Shatter and I even applauded some of your words like how I write my poetry too. It is not always for the reader as sometimes it is how you feel or what you are going through at the time that some of the most precious poems and stories are born. Good advice tea not just for shat for me and others too. It is also true to share a personal piece as this but it is also very good to write about it and share it with others. Shatter I would like for you to work on this write and if you need a little helping hand I will assist. Love at ya friends Mona xoxox
RobeccaJane Lee-Murchison

RobeccaJane Le…

15 years 11 months ago

WOW!!!

Wow real deep, been there, done that, saved just in time, thank GOD!!!!! or my decieced best friend..... please, no more thoughts such as these, i could not bare it!!!! i hope you no longer think of things such as these, like i said, been there done that, and i dont think that i could go through it again..... it would surely KILL ME!!!!!! 100% THERE FOR YOU, ALWAYS! ;) MUAH CHEEKY JSS "please someone help me, its not healthy for me to feel this, Y-O-U, are making this hard, you got me tossing and turnin, late in the night!!!!!;)" Rhianna. PS you know who you are, and trust me this is a good thing;)