If Only They Knew

“Suicide”

She pressed the knife
To her delicate throat.
He takes his life
On a perilous note.
She hangs from a rope
Life draining her soul.
He slits his own wrists
Life taking its toll.
She screams out her anger
At the rest of the world.
He becomes weak
As his pain is unfurled.
How far can she go
Before she reaches the edge?
How much can you push him
Before he falls off the ledge?
She tests her strength,
Her ability to commit.
He doesn’t last long
Before giving in to it.
Young and alone
She has lost all hope.
Drained and abandoned
He’s lost the will to cope.
All it takes her
Is a couple of pills.
All it takes him
Is a drug that kills.
She finds it so easy
To just give up.
Every time he tries
He just isn’t enough.
Both so alone
But in the same position.
No place to call home
Worn down by their situation.
If only they knew
They aren’t the only one.