4th Annual Poems About Suicide Month

[rayheinrich]

Bieber

OMG! I utterly missed that detail.
Leanne is a cunning imp and her sarcasm is almost the equal of her poetry.

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Here I thought I was going to get it for using red!

No, no, I love the use of red. And I love how you did this poem. The composition
is nicely detailed and the red stands out as you used it sparingly.

Though its color led me to interpret it as self-harming, or insincerely attempted
suicide as the blood is dark red in color which is the color of venous blood (blood
from the veins). Arterial blood is bright red and requires a deeper cut. Since
it comes out at a higher pressure, you can bleed to death faster and more reliably.

        Arterial on left, venous on right:
       

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Maybe it needs to be bold.  Also, and its cliche at this point, but the cut should be up the arm, not across.

Erm.. i googled "how to slit your wrist" and it gave me a suicide prevention hotline. NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR GOOGLE! Google's going soft.

Yes, indeed, Google IS going soft.
ISIS beheadings aren't as easy to search; and my favorite suicide photo (the chainsaw one) can't be found anymore.

P.S. Cliché, yes, but in keeping since, lets face it, there's no bigger cliché than suicide.