05-01-2016, 10:15 PM
Attempt
Sometimes it seems the best that can be done,
Is leave a life become intolerable,
Or at the least, to make a credible
Attempt to die, to be ignored by none.
It’s safe, your car against a tree to run
(But not too fast). Pills few or tolerable,
Will seize attention, help’s reliable -
Cut shallow, fall short, misdirect the gun.
Now, suicide’s a terminal solution
To temporary problems. But you’ll find
Attention you get, clinical, risk-daunted,
By your brief gesture’s more life’s amputation,
Than fresh start. Your attempt, short-sighted, blind,
Gains help you need, not sympathy you wanted.
(An old one - note the inversion, bad meter, implied contractions, and shaky rhyme... but not a subject frequently contemplated. When you have a gunroom full of means, the idea seems a bit trivial.)
Sometimes it seems the best that can be done,
Is leave a life become intolerable,
Or at the least, to make a credible
Attempt to die, to be ignored by none.
It’s safe, your car against a tree to run
(But not too fast). Pills few or tolerable,
Will seize attention, help’s reliable -
Cut shallow, fall short, misdirect the gun.
Now, suicide’s a terminal solution
To temporary problems. But you’ll find
Attention you get, clinical, risk-daunted,
By your brief gesture’s more life’s amputation,
Than fresh start. Your attempt, short-sighted, blind,
Gains help you need, not sympathy you wanted.
(An old one - note the inversion, bad meter, implied contractions, and shaky rhyme... but not a subject frequently contemplated. When you have a gunroom full of means, the idea seems a bit trivial.)
Non-practicing atheist