Oli's Poem

Olliepop
Lolli
Sunshine
Oliver
So many names, but to me you were
Oli
my best friend
The boy that kept me sane.

You were
my shoulder to cry on
my hand to hold
my arm to cling to
my eyes to a new world
my safe haven.

But now I'm just
angry
lonely
sad.

You never told me you were
haunted
hurting
lost

I told you everything
I thought my problems were
dramatic
overwhelming.

He found you
hurting
over the tile
I found you again
but you slipped
through my fingers
and back into the cracks
Clawing out your wires
Why can't you just live?

Stay alive
It's rough
It's hard
It's hell.

But we love you.
Stay alive.