This was a longer poem. When I was very depressed I used to think about death every day which was scary. Now I'm not in that state anymore, although still somewhat in depression. I learned to cope, but some people haven't been so lucky as to change their mind about suicide.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems

Death Not Being The Way
I held the knife so close to my heart.
Like a foolish child I sat and I cried,
Didn't realize what I had done, what I had tried.
Tears mixed with blood, falling slowly to the ground.
Covered in blood, pulled myself up, in tears scribed:

"To those who don't care, to those who can't see,
Never Give up always thrive to be free."
Didn't know how many people would later cry.
"Tried to be free, yet I see this isn't the way."

Friend at the door, ran as fast as she could.
Too weak to say I'm sorry, otherwise I would.
In tears, looked at the blue sad day.
When you come and see this pool of blood and me,
This isn't the way my life was meant to be.
332 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • Annlizmarie
    LOVED the poem it reminded me if me. But I drink pills, I thouhgt life would be better if I wasn't there. That my family would be very happy if I was gone but in the end I know that someone very special loves me and wants me to love life. He cryed when he found out and talk and remind me everytime about it telling me its not worth it and it wasn't. I love life but sometimes (not as often as I did) I think of it.
  • april
    i really liked your poem and you are very right and i think other people out there need to also realize that.
  • megan
    i love this poem
  • jessica
    i love this poem. it explains alot about how i feel. im 13 now. and have tried suicide about 3 times now. hanging myself and overdose. i never actually did it tho because of my best friend taylor and the thought of "wat happenes if i somehow live. " but thats when i was 12. i got better for a while and now im always depressed again and have started cutting. but i loved the poem and i love how people can rite a poem and have other people feel exactly the same. keep it up
  • Dener
    I cryed with it. I relate with it. Made me see death is not the only way
  • silly pain
    i love this see i tryed to commit suicid but it didnt wrok then i read this poem and it me some wut helped me change my mind keep up the great work
  • LEEANDRA
    I VOTE for this cause when my boyfriend broke up with me i felt like killing and sometimes i still feel like doing it its been seven months since he left me and i still cry like it was just yesterday
  • angel
    well im angel 2 n i guess it was the rite poem and the riite time
  • ladonna
    i love this poem
  • Caiti
    this poem explains the way i feel everyday. it reminds that i can't end my pain by killing myself and it reminds me that if i were to kill myself, i would pass my own pain on to those who love and care about me. i don't want them to remember that i died by commiting suicide.
  • Lela
    OMG its amazing how close this hits home i read sad things all the time that i relate to and i write some really depressing stuff but this is a first time in a very long time a another persons poem has made me cry it is absolutly a wonderful poem i really hope you stay in poetry and keep writing i think ur really talented at expressing how it is -another depressed chic
  • Jerel
    Beautiful.
  • Rose
    this poem is very touching. i can relate to this in many ways. and suicide is never the right answer, no matter how much you might want to do it.
  • paige
    this is a really lovly peom and tell u the truth it made me cry
  • Kelly
    this poem touched me becoz i always feel deprest and think that if my friends seen my wrist how much they would cry and thats how this poem made me feel like what my friends feel like when i do that
  • pearse
    this poem has inspired me in so many ways to really see that death is not the way. thank you for such a beautiful expression of something that comes across so many peoples minds!
  • georgie
    ive been down that road and still going though it but after reading ur poem im haveing 2nd thougts see wen i feel out with my best mate i cut my wrists loads of time and took an over dose and i tryed to hand my self but i faild but after reading this i was thinking about who i would help the most me or her i thought i would be helping her but i wnt coz she knows wot i tryed to do n she said she wouldnt no wot she would of done if i have died
  • wayne
    It really make s you thinjk and feel like you are there watching or in cases the person because we all feel like that sometime inm our lifes
  • paige
    OMG! THIS POEM IS SO PAINLY TRUE. I LOVE IT, IT REALLY TOUCHD ME IN SO MANY WAYS! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
  • Jessica
    i love it. very good. i wright to. im younge but im can relate. kinda. i hate when people tell me they can relate and they understand. when i no they dont. so yeah thats not what im saying. just saying i like it and i can kinda understand
  • aragami
    Thank you for sharing this with us . , I happen to feel suicidal from time to time , I will definetly remember this poem when I have them the next time :P
  • Wiley
    Angell, your poem really touched me. today is the 3rd of Dec. it's 1:06am since 9:30pm yesterday i have been dealing with my closes friends thoughts of suicide. i was they only person he told about these thoughts. he was going to go through with it,and still may he told me he wouldn't until he said bye to people at school then he said he wouldn't at all then again he would. so i've no clue what'll happen. i'm going to have him read your poem and maybe he will see he's not alone. i tried to tell him it wasn't the right way to deal with things, and i hope he'll see that to. like i said your poem really touched me and made me think. i hope u get plenty of votes.
  • thalia
    This poem is awsome because this is my life pretty much and it is really sad i am emo so idk if anyone kows if they no wat i am talking bout
  • Whitney
    I love this poem. I am feeling suicidule but I'm to young to end my life this way. And your poem has told me that death isn't the way relieve yourelf from pain.
  • amanda
    this is poem is true. i felt the thought of suiside leave my body. this taught me that its not worth hurtin my self.
  • Anna
    poem touched me close to the heart
  • Vinenessa
    I myself have attempted suicide on more than one occasion and Ive found even though it may stop the hurt It starts alot of hurt for others!
  • damian
    this poem sent a shiver down my spine because so many times ive heard of people commiting suicide
  • Hate
    This one almost made me cry, thats how much I loved it.
  • marisa
    this poem really touched me, because that is how i am feeling right now!to be quite frank i dont know why, but i have this feeling every now and then, i feel like i cant take it no more. i have a loverly family that would do anything for me and i boyfirend that loves me to bits, have a few great friends, i guess i have it all but still i feel empty!it might be my selfishness talking louder . dont know really.
  • michelle
    your poem really touched me,maybe because this is how i feel now,i've been depressed a year now and i have thought about suicide a couple of times. and this poem makes me wanna stay alive,because i'd rather not have my friends be in pain,i'd rather be in pain than see people that i love in pain. Thanx for writing this poem, for the people who are too depressed to do anything
  • not-suicidal-any-more
    i woz very suicidal at one point:but then i realised thati cud find hapines in life, and that suicide wasnt the answrr. thankyou.
  • MAYRA
    Very emotional peom. I can only imagine how you must feel. I feel that way sometimes to, about killing myself, but like they say "If you're going through hell keep on going" because eventually after the rain there will be sunshine.
  • Vicki
    I loved this poem because it really grasps not only the way the author feels but the way friends and family would react to something like that, but in the end its only about you, not anyone else.
  • angie
    this poem is so real it reminds me of so much for i too have lost a friend and felt this pain.
  • Jami
    I really liked this poem. It really says how i feel. Keep up the good work look forward to reading more. Good Job
  • r
    Great poem. it moved me when im at my worse time dealing with cancer and having the same thoughts the scribermust have felt made me realize a lot R
  • ahmad
    wew i love that. i did this to myself ones, i cut my hand , and i wrote her name in my hand . i liuke this , caz this poem is true , caz i tried ones . wew nice one yo
  • katheryn
    this was a real heart tuchin poem love ya always your bestie xx
  • Lindsey
    my friend is very suicidal so i read this poem to her and it did help her
  • angel
    this poem realy got into me coz not only im a lover poem girl but also i was thinking of killing myself for freedom and happyness as i wrote this poem its like whot i would do or done?? it really got me thinking about it and now i know whot i should do. as 2 the writer bless from me take care love angel_with_sin
  • Melissa
    I Loved it!
  • jazzy
    i thought your poem was great,but i think you shouldn't think about suicide so much or of depression i think it's not worth it i had a friend who thought the same way and ended up committing suicide at the age of 17 my advice is to really think about it.
  • travis
    this poem is the same way i feel. i have tried to commite scuidcid by trying to stab myself from my chin up and alot of different ways too. 1 out of ten this poem is a 20
  • David
    I give it a 10. Very deep and sad.
  • laura
    your poem made me a little bit upset, i've been down that road, i took an overdose! I could of died but they managed to save me, i was 13 at the time and im still 13 i done it about 2 months ago, i still feel as if i want to die sometimes, but im a bit more happier with my life, i've got a boyfriend and im in love. Im not goin to give up that, and im not goin to give up my life, when i was in hospital i thought to my self: why did i do this? look what i've done, i've got my whole life ahead of me! anyway, your poem touched me and i thank you for making me realize that it isnt a cool thing 2 do xxxxxlauraxxxxx
  • smiley
    i really liked this poem because that is the same thing that i tried to do with my life, but i suddenly noticed that this was not an answer it was only an escape with fear.
  • alex
    nice.
  • Paige
    i've done the same thing and thank you for sharing it with the world, i do fill free thank you for everything!
  • connie
    real deep,, i could feel ur pain. jus real awsome
  • Megan
    I really like this poem. it makes me feel like someone knows what i am going through.
  • james
    i love this poem this reminds me of me
  • Taylor
    Loved it. Hope to see much,much more. Just remember whats done is done sometimes you can make up for it,sometimes you can't. You can never be to sure so don't attempt. Suicide is never the answer. Before they attempt I hope every one will see that it's not all it's craked up to be.
  • Jake
    Oh my god. I just read through a bunch of poems. This one was so much different from the others. I felt a huge power go through me when I finished. Putting your life to an end and then finding out it wasn't meant to be like that. This is a terrific poem. Thank you
  • Sadie
    This poem is Awsum it is exactly wat my life is like right now i just wish i had sumone that would listen to my cry for help
  • Angel
    This poem sounds just like me then I found the way I loved it!
  • Liz
    So clear, so good. im sorry if u ever had to go through this stage but its amazing. your an artist.
  • Amber
    This is such a good poem. It really touched me. If it's true, I hope you'll be okay!
  • sandra
    i liked this a lot- my bf dumped me for a blonde bimbo but i read this and i didnt do what i thought would be the way out.
  • Marie
    that poem is so awsome man onestly that is one of the best poems ive read it really touched my heart
  • Ericka
    i can see a little but not alot. i think about death for a long time in a corner of my mind i will think of this poem THANK you ur such a good writer
  • Kay
    I really loved this poem; it reminded me of a time when i was 11 years old (i'm not 14) and i tried to kill myself but then i thiught of the people that i had - not the people i didnt. thank you for writing this poem, i hope it guides many people. XXX
  • SHiIAN
    WHOA. i REALLY LiKE iT. i PUT iT ON MY AiM PROFiLE. i GOT COMPLiMENTS && THEY SAiD THEY WERE ALL AWESOME
  • Mare
    I have tried this many times. It is very scary
  • Darren
    Excellent.
  • Andrea
    this poem rocked my sox! thank u now i now how horrible suicide is i am only 14 and i hav thoughts but u changed my mind! thank you sooooo much!
  • matthew
    this poemn made me think about myself noone could help me ,well thats what i thought but like im only 14 ur poem was great
  • Someya
    dude i love it i used to be suicidal.
  • cammie
    this is the best poem i have ever heard and it makes me upset to know someone else feels the pain i do. i have done what that poem says and i am here i was not sucessful but think before u do it because u maybe sucessful.
  • lucky
    I love this poem because I've been there, not my cutting but still pretty bad, and it hurts and u just wanna go away.
  • Lexie
    BEST EVER!
  • breanna
    oh my gosh im only 14 and i have tried commiting suicide and ur poem sounds exactly what i did my friends rushed to my house but by then i was already in a lot of trouble and i was at the hospital ur poem showed me alot and its really good.
  • Katie
    this poem is really a good one
  • Faye
    This poem went dirctly through my skin to my heart. I hope these lines give that feeling to as much people as possible.
  • sandra
    I think this poem is awsome!
  • liz
    oh i love this poem, its truely amazing! cuz thats exactely how i feel. i dont have a reason to live but for my friends and family. the rest doesnt make sense for me, i often ask myself why we do the things we do. and i also thought about suicide, but i cant do this to my friends and family cuz i KNOW that i would hurt them a lot. my uncle did that to us *cries* and i dont want my family to go through this again, even if i have to pay with all this suffering and questions from time to time.
  • mandy
    i loved your poem it makes me feel like there is someone out there that used to think about suicide 24/7 and not just me and if you can get through it i can too
  • TABBATHA
    I THINK THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE ATEMTED SUICIDE BEFORE BUT IM STILL HERE. I TOOK 29 SLEEPING PILLS I REMEMBER LIENG THERE ON THE BED VOMITING AND MY EYES MOVING SO FAST I FELT LIKE I WAS DIENG. IT FELT HORIBLE I CRY EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT. IM ALSO A CUTTER IL'L CUT THEN IL'L SIT THERE AND BALL. YOUR RIGHT DEATH IS NOT THE ANSWER ITS FALUIRE.
  • Kristi
    wow. i dont know what more there is to say. This poem sent shivers through my body. I can relate to this poem and im sure a lot of other people can to. Sometimes people dont understand that some want to commit suicide for attention, but others feel its their only way out, ive totally realized that, and i know ive been foolish in my lifetime, but some people dont understand
  • Chandler
    it was realy good it could help kids that feel they arnt wanted that they are because of the friend that ran in. this poem might make them think before the do something so rashional i know it helped me
  • Sophie
    really good. cuts arent the anser, and i figured that out the hard way. EVERYONE, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
  • Rachel
    omg its soo gggggeeerat. i did think about doing that once but i tried to tell myslef it was stupid and life wasnt meant to be easy and i would lose if i took the easy way out. im still really depressed tho. idk if i will ever be happy again. but im gonna get threw it. right now i jus dont no if ne one cares and i doubt if ne one would care about helping me right now even if i am whinning. i loved this poem so much i wish i could find the words to expresse how i feel but theres so many mixed up in my confusing mind.
  • Tam
    This is a really good poem, lots of feeling and emotion. I cant write poetry for crap but i love to read it and your poem touched me and it seems to have a lot of meaning towards it.
  • Kaelee
    This poem is very good. I hope that you write alot of poems
  • lonely lover
    WOW! hust plain and simply WOW!
  • marie
    touching
  • Becca
    i know this feeling. good poem
  • BOROUGH
    hey i read your poem and it really touched me! about 4 weeks ago on msn my best frind told me thats she was going to kill herself! it was a wednesday afternoon after school! i didnt know what to do so i rang her and she was crying and so was i i told her she had so much to live for and she kept tellin me she didnt! i tried my hardest to talk her out of it! i got on teh school bus the next mornig and she wasnt there! i burst out in tears and realised her sister was crying and come and hugged me! i knew she had done it! i went to school and everyone was blamming it on me because i didnt tell anyone to try and help her out! i felt so bad and couldnt face anyone! so i havnt been at school since it happened and my teacher comes and visits me and tells me how skool goin! i just wanted to tell you how lucky you were to have someone to help you! because i could have helped my best friend!
  • Jamie
    your poem tuched me becaue its just how my life is so sad! jamie
  • mykel
    its prudy cool. i likeded it. i LOVED IT!
  • Gabrielle
    i think this poem is very good it touched my heart deeply i know how you feel cause ive been there
  • KeLlY
    Very Good!
  • anna
    I can TOTALLY relate to this poem thinking i used to be totally depressed used to cut and thought about suicide more than ANYONE should. thanks. it touches more people then u think
  • marie
    i luv this poem. it relates to my life cuz im onli 13 and ive tried to get rid of lyf. buh noin dat there r ppl out there lookinks out 4 meeh is jus selfish of meeh. so keep up the good work!
  • ilona
    ey dat was a gud poem and im sry u had to go threw dat i hope u neva have to go threw dat again
  • sarah
    it was so touching i'v tried to commit suicide but this has turned me around and i'm getting help thank u
  • ashleigh
    i lyked this poem it made me think how much life means to other ppl
  • Amber
    Omg i loved it. its how i feel . how i see things. I hate my life. readin this was really great. I love it. But being caught sucks. i hated it. :(
  • jessica
    that peom is something that i can really related to. it was a comforting thing to know that there is people out there that know what im going through and that they dont think im crazy. I LOVED YOUR POEM! OUT OF THE POEMS IVE READ ON THIS SITE YOUR'S WAS THE BEST.
  • talia
    i really liked your poem i felt it really had a meaning to it because i have friends that have gone through all of that stuff and when they do stuff like that it really breaks me down and i really value my friendships thanx heapz luv ya peace out! talia
  • Nalee
    This is a very nice peom. )
  • Laurana
    I loved your poem. It bring tears to my eyes.
  • Leah
    very good poem i like how it pulls you into it. Good job
  • lucy
    nah nah bah bah its a cool poem
  • Paul
    Great poem, I've been suffering in my own little world since i was 10 (from memory) i am now 25,
  • Felicia
    Hey this poem was really good, iv never tried to hurt myself but it always came to my mind. i wondered maybe i should to see if ppl would care if im gone i figured out that if u care for ppl then they will care for u and even if its not all the ppl u care about remember that there is always 1 person that cares as much as u do. -Felicia
  • Sophie
    this poem really did make me want to cry, it felt like someone whispered it to me. thank you!
  • Sami
    this was a great poem. wow! keep on writin
  • Andres
    Really good poem it seemed to touch people hearts
  • Chloe
    This is a poem i can relate to because everyone feels this way once in a while but we dont realize how much pain it causes until we fail to do what we planned to.
  • Sydney
    Touching poem. I tried it. Or Rather, I almost did. But stopped in time. Because of my future. The future that was waiting for me. The future that I thought was hopeless. And how much my family would have to spend to bury me. It sounds childish, but I didn't want to add burden to my Father, who has cancer.
  • sarah k
    it waas very touching it makes me think how i would feel if i was to do this. i really enjoyed this poem, it's the BEST!
  • happynessgonebad
    great. magnificent, i completely loved it, you see the worl is so. suicidal. you really point out what it would it would be like to commit suicide, blood and tears. so dramatic, but oh so true 10/10!
  • nikki
    i like this pome its rilly deep
  • ashli
    i love this poem. it is very depressing yet it tells the truth.
  • oblivious
    good poem. never give up on writting.
  • Betty
    I LOVE THIS POEM.
  • Brook
    THis poem is really good. It helped me show alot of my friends who were down on themselves that suicide ain't the way out. This poem really took heart and from recent comments he went to the heart and i know that to alot of poeple this poem ment alot.
  • sarah
    WOW
  • jasmine
    THAT WAS SO SAD I CRIED BUT I LOVED IT HOW EVER MADE THAT IS VERY GOOD
  • Lyndsey
    I love this poem it makes me sit and think and ponder on this some more.
  • Nia
    Angell, beautiful poem. i think that it will give other people another look at ending their own life. thank you for sharing your experiences.
  • april
    this poem was amazing and tounching
  • chloe
    i loved this poem. i could match it so well with my own life. please keep writing theese poems i loved it. i guess people don't really get us sucidue types. they just wouldn't understand.
  • Alison
    8 ouf 10
  • georgia
    i liked your poem very much and i have the feeling's every day that u did and im happy 4 u that u over come them i no i dnt no who u r but thanks 4 letting me read your poem.
  • Karen
    I really liked your poem. My father-in-law, this past Sat, night,took his life,he left behind 4 wonderful children. Now its too late. Why could'nt someone realize this---before it was too late. I enjoyed your poem,I am just trying to understand WHY people choose this way out. I know they don't mean to hurt their loved ones;they just need to escape. Nice writing.
  • julian
    i can relate to so much on what you said it was a very good poem
  • Amethyst
    This poem made me cry so much, it really touched my heart, you have amazing talent, I really imagined it in my head, it has really made me change my mind about suicide, well done, keep writing because this was brilliant.
  • Alysia
    i really love this poem. i used to cut myself. i used wonder wat would happen if i actually went through with it. this poem reminds me that there are people who care adn would cry for me. thanx.
  • marthyn
    i really loved this one its sad and true. when i was reading it i could see the picture in my head. well done!
  • Billie
    Your words are so free spoken, and I admire that. I wish you the best!
  • Angela
    This poem couldn't be better written because i think thats the anwser alot of the time after all the hurt i've overcome. This truly has made me think into alot of things.
  • Michelle
    your poem was soo good i am a writer myslef and i felt so touched by this i nearly cried!
  • beller
    i thought this poam was sad. And that the writer sure knows how to write good.
  • Christine
    I use to feel the same way, struggling everyday. But now since i read that poem, it has changed my life for good. Thank you so much!
  • Steven
    Hello, my name is Steven and I just stumbled on this page. This poem is the saddest I have evere read. I have read actual suicide notes, and I've listened to moms read there kids suicide notes, but I have never read anything so touching. Many people may disagree there are millions apon millions of different poems but this has to be the best I have ever read. If I could seriously rate this out of 10(10 being the best) I give it 10/10 and I have never given a poem more than an 8. Perfect.
  • Boyd
    I couldnt stop my tears while I was reading this for the second time, and I dint wanted to. It's beautifull
  • V.
    It's a wonderful poem. You are a very talented person. I hope you one day publish poems.
  • Kathleen
    hey well for me. thats how i feel. i just want to get it over with. but i know thats not how my future was meant to be. right now. well. i think ive got a form of depression. i thought that poem was amazing. well toodles.
  • melissa
    you may have just saved a life, dont stop what your doing
  • emily
    OH MY ... I LOVE THIS POEM!
  • Andy
    This poem made me cyy it was good
  • Shannon
    This poem is very touching nowing that a person out there actually knows what i have gone through, i have been getting help because of this poem and i am now im a safe place where i can never hurt myself again. Thank you so much! xox
  • liza mae
    hi. we are having our presentation in one of my subjects, i would like to thank you for your poem coz ill be reading your poem in our presentation. its nice and its well expressed. thnks so much. God bless. :)
  • Rikke
    Wow. this poem really touched my heart! Im doing a project in school about depression, and this poem really got me to understand how serious this is
  • DEANNA
    THIS POEM IS VERY GOOD IT REMINDS ME OF WELL. HOW I AM AND HOW I FELL.
  • Erin
    . wow. the same thing has happened to me, and I know that "this is not the way my life should be"
  • Amber
    That was a good poem u are a very talented person
  • mandy
    I think that this was a really great poeam it tells you that you should try to be free and never give up on that. so this is a really good poem to read i say the author did a great job writing this poem.
  • only me
    I LOVE YOUR POEM IM ONLY 16 AND I HAVE TRIED COMMITING SUICIDE OVER 50 TIMES THINKING NO ONE WOULD CARE IF I WERE TO GO THREW WITH IT I HAVE OVER 100 CUTES ON MY WRISTS AND READING THIS IS KINDA HELPING YOUR LUCKEY THAT SOME ONE CARED ABOUT YOU AND YOU GOT SOME HELP.
  • Robin
    I liked it.
  • Lorin
    Beautiful! I cryed cause it has the same meaning to me. Being sucidal is hard. The best on this site ive read La
  • Ashley
    I just wanted to say that this poem is how i am feeling right know, You are a great poet keep up the work. GREAT job!
  • Chicarra
    I really like this poem alot its a good poem and i really like the words that she used it was very deep
  • breeann
    i loved it it helped me realize that death isant the awnser, i acsholly cried over your poem!
  • natz
    Poem is really good, i love it.
  • Angel
    This poem makes me think that suicide is a way of cheating life even though you can't bear to live on with your life. But if you learn to cope with the depression maybe you can free yourself. This poem taught me something about life.
  • kristine
    I really like this poem, i can relate to it; i write poems like this too. I have a friend who is 2-3 years younger than me who kind of thinks of suicide, and I'm the one who tells her that suicide is not the answer and not the only way but I, myself, thinks of it most of the time. thanks for writing this poem.
  • malyn
    it was the best on iv read today.
  • alexie
    i realy liked you poem! ive seem so many people take the easy way out and that not the way. there are other thing we can live for if we try. thanks keep writing
  • amirah
    i really liked it it namde me cry my heart out.
  • cassie
    First of all what a deep poem i love it it makes you feel things keep writing thanks
  • Jessica
    Angell, this poem is another one of the many poems on this sight, that describe the way i feel , and the things i think about all the time. This poem was one of the best i hav ever read. and i write my own poems about cutting, suicide , and depresson, so i know the feelings expressed in this poem.
  • hannah
    i thought this poem was very deep and meaningful. it describes how many people lost or lived have felt. its sensitive to those who choose/chose to go yet lets all others see that the ones who left, or tried, do care though their lives have left inside and out their love remains to those they gave it to.
  • DD
    i have been there b4 but never with a knife but ive been to the point where i just wanted everything to go away and bring my life to an end but its not the way thats not the plan .
  • courtie
    i have been suicidal for 4 years now. i was sexually abused as a child and then when i was 15 (2003) i was raped. i have literally been in the situation as your poem has said. i was drawing blood as a friend walked in. i never knew until then how much it was hurting other people. your poem realy has inspired me to think of life being beautiful and something we shouldnt take for granteed. i prey u didnt write this poem from experience. if u did i know where u are cumin from
  • Akira
    When I was reading your peice, I gave the computer moniter a sad look, and it felt like I was speaking the words myself. I love your work. Please, write more ^_^.
  • samantha
    i feel the way you do in ur poem every day i know what your saying and not everyone can turn back im 18 and i have been trying to kill my self for 6 years now but your poem is really great and i like it alot thank you for trying to help with ur poem
  • eva
    I think your poem is good i'm been there myself. it is one of the better peoms on this site.
  • America
    WHOA! I LOVE THIS POEM A LOT!
  • Lindy
    this poem. it's beatifull. It's so beautifull that i'm crying here. it means a lot to me, because i recognize a lot of it, i tried to kill myself 1,5 years ago, it really means a lot!
  • Christopher
    This peom touched me more than others as i too slit my wrists never enough to kill me but just enuf to take away the pain. So i nuderstand why the person did it. It's hard sometimes to go on knowing everyone would be better off if you were ded.
  • linzi
    even tho im jus a lil girl i cn relate to this, i hav been goin through rough times now. i really love this poem
  • samantha
    hey i love ur poem its the best one i have ever read now that i think bout my life isnt meant to be like that thank u i am happy that i read ur poem i love it from the bottem of my heart it touch me in so many ways that u no i cna see life in a nother way
  • Mia
    I really liked this poem alot. It touched my heart. I have thought about ending my life but now I want to be free.
  • ashley
    I love this poem it really connects with how im feeling right now i mean i feel as if i were all alone and noone is able to help me and im fading away from my family, not acting or feeling like myself so its really good to know that im not totally alone.
  • rebecca
    i can really relate to this poem becuase i have been there and i know what its like to be suicidle and i was afraid of it but i wasnt afraid to die i really like this poem but im not like i was anymore i learned that life is worth living for
  • nicole
    wow this poem is so sad i loved it it really expressess the way i n many other people feel keep up the good work :)
  • Tiffany
    I liked this poem cuz my friends and I related to it!
  • nessie
    this has to be the most amazing poem i have ever read. it made me think of how i spend my nights when im so frustrated that i dont know what to do anymore. this peom made me realize that im not alone in my feelings
  • robin
    Your poem really hit home with me I tried to kill myself 2 months ago by stabbing myslf in my chest 3 times. Thank god I did not succeed. It is somewhat comforting to know I am not alone. Thing get better! thank you!
  • danielle
    ths poem is powerful, and shows you have great friends. keep on writing, it is great! this poem has touched me, i was suicidal, and i wrote poems like it also. i am sorry for what ever made you write this, and i hope you are better, so that you can help those who feel the same way.
  • tazza
    thank you soo much. your poem really made me see that suicide isnt an answer. sometimes i think that i am the only person in the world that feels this way, but now i realise their are others who feel exactly like me. thank you
  • kassy
    i like your poem i write poems but i dont want to send them in here cause im afraid they are not good enoughbut good luck on the other ones
  • Jennifer
    This poem has touched me so much but i still feel like dyin i will never know why untile the day i die but i have gotten help cuz of this poem. So Thank You it really stopped me
  • Carine
    Wow, this might be my favorite poem of all time. Powerful, powerful meaning that affects me like none other has yet. It's like reliving my life over again when I was but a helpless 13 year old girl.
  • Tricia
    i love this poem. it one of the best i have heard
  • emma
    This poem really touched me. it even made me cry. well one of these days i hope i could write something like this. this poem also inspired me.
  • Tiffany
    I really like your poem and can really feel and relate to the words I really connected with the poem.
  • Jackie
    I had a friend (ea-boy friend) that commeted suicied* and this poem just brought back some many memories! Death is not the answer! it hurts to many people when you leave.
  • cassie
    this was a very well thoughtout poem i liked it because i can relate to every part of it. good job!
  • Lexi
    Great poem. I once tried to commit suicide and after I read that I was relieved at the feeling of not being alone. Keep it up for all us out here!
  • Courtney
    This poem made my cry it is well words can not explain how it made me fell
  • Tracy
    omg, this poem made me cry, it has everything to do with my life. It's what im going through right now!. thanks so much!
  • MITCHELL
    I LIKED THE POEM. BUT WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS IF SHE DIED O0R NOT. BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS A GREAT POEM
  • Liza
    My friend saved me when I attempted suicide too. This poem actually means a lot to me. It struck me and actually made me feel. This is an amazing poem, and you lucky that you don't think about death everyday anymore. I think about it every second.
  • kimisha
    this really touched me & saved me because i wasd thinking about suicide & when i read this poem i realize that death is an escape not the right way out
  • Karina
    Thank you for inspiring me. I loved the poem because I went through a few years of cutting myself evertwhere that had no feeling from all the stress I was going through. And probably still am going through depression. But your oem really helped me, Thank you so muck!
  • hailey
    exalent poem this was reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly goood
  • Kimberly
    I think your poem was great, I can tell it comes from your heart. Take this from experience that what you said really does go throw your head and I'm sorry that you had to go throw it as well. Thanks for searing your story.
  • jade
    This poem was great i nearly killed myself and all these poems on this site has really helped me and showed me that im not the only 1 who has probablems as bad.
  • Sybrina
    I love this poem. I can really relate to it. i have been thinking about what it would be like if i died. I always wondered if anyone would care. Your poem changed my mind. Thanks so much!
  • Scott
    Best peom ive seen
  • Megan
    I really thought your poem was. wow! i have voted for 2 other poets but yours was just how i thought i was going to end up! when i read your poem i get a chill up my spin to think i was that stupid to think about comitting suicide!
  • Lisa
    It touched my heart!
  • Anthony
    its poems like these that make me not kill myself. i know what feelings would pour out if i killed myself. thank you. your helping me on my way out of depression
  • Brittany
    This poem meant alot to me cause i did try to kill myself then iw as like no i cant end my life like this it isnt worth it and i would hurt myself the more i did it my friends would get mad at me and i would cry and hurt myself more. the more i read these kinds of poemes the more i think i cant belive myself i tried to do that once and i think i'm never going to do that again
  • Desiree
    I've actually tried this and I'm still hee today and i've written poems about it and i feel so touched that i'm not alone on this journey that seems like it will never end and it probably wont but if there is anyway we can talk or something like that. my screen name is. UnpopularPunket. thank you so much for writing this poem. its my blessing in disguise
  • Colleen
    i loved your poem so much! it touched me in every way
  • Tiffinie
    Loved the poem!
  • Amy
    I'm not sure what to say. The only thing I can think or say is Thank you. I need something in this world to keep me from killing myself. Your peom really touched me and not everyone understands.
  • Taleena
    This poem really touched me. I have been thinking alot of committing suicide but as i read these poems that you and other people have written I start thinking less and less about killing myself. But this poem has really lead me to my dicision,I think that there are other ways to solve my problems because now that I thinkk about it there are many people in my life that would really miss me. I just wanted to say thank you alot.
  • Evelyn
    I can really relate to that
  • Crystal
    Wow. I cried when I read this poem. I can relate. It was great.
  • andrew
    THIS PEOM WAS GOOD I LOVED IT
  • nat
    I love your poem, and i caan really relate to it.
  • Brooke
    I think this girl will always be remebered. I think her name explains who she really is. "Angell"
  • steph
    it's a very good show of emotions and very sad
  • Kaela
    omg, i can so relate to this story! its like you wrote this story for me! i tried to overdose and allmost took i knife to me but now ive realized how that would have created more pain than the pain i was feeling. well all say is keep writing poems your very good!
  • maggie
    I love it, and I can relate to this. Its very,very nice.
  • Taylor
    It really touched my heart. I've been through just about anything you can think of and this poem says what I've been thinking the entire time. Thanx!
  • tweety
    I loved your poem. I personaly think suicide is dumb it hurts everyone close to you!I tried it and the only person who came to see me in the hospital was my dad and it hurt him a lot to see me the way I was!Thanx for sharin with me.
  • chelsea
    over the summer i overdosed. i didnt want to live until i realized i would die. it is sad but it happens all the time.
  • Osky
    nice poem
  • Lizbeth
    very touching
  • uncle jim
    this is a great websight
  • kia
    HELLO ANGELL, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOUR POEM WAS VERY TOUCHING I FELT THAT POEM SO DEEP INSIDE MY HEART
  • Annette
    Best poem I've read about exactly how I feel. the only reason I'm still hear is because my children have saved me! Your words are felt deeply. Thank you so much.
  • Michael A
    I fills the heart and I been there. I like it. Thanks
  • Kristen
    wow that was amazing alot of my friends cud definitely relate to that
  • Teagan
    This is a very exellent poem. It was well written and explais all the pain and suffering of suicidal thoughts.
  • emma
    that was a great poem
  • SykoJLeTTe
    I took a look at your poem, and the truth is, I have written many poems just as yours are I am like many of the people on this site, that have written things, depressed, and feeling alone, and I understand where you say that you learned not to be that way any longer, and I respect you so much for that, but your poem it has so much in it, and I think it is awesome, even though awesome isn't the word for someone saying that they commited suicide and what not, but I am sure that you understand what I mean, I just want you to know that I really like your poem a lot! Maybe someday I could show you mine!
  • corina
    I like this poem because it reminds me that suicide is not the answer. Talking about your problems with someone is the answer.
  • Samantha
    Hey i can relate i have come close to death trying to kill myself i overdosed and the only thing that kept me living was my brother and my friend who made me realize that if i kill myself i will be putting more people in pain then making them happier then by leaving.
  • a friend
    omg i felt the same way but after i relized it was stupid b/c no matter how hurt,mad,sad,angry, depressed,exc. there are things worth living for like your first love your friends your family i know all those thing can make you mad but at leased your loved.
  • TORI
    great poem
  • Jenny
    I LOVE YOUR POEM! I can relate to it. When I tried to kill myself i relized I couldnt put my friends through that. keep writing poems your very talated
  • kim
    Wow! You're poem means SOO much, my auntie killed herself a couple years ago and its hard to recover, you can't say it was her time to go or God needed her, all you can say is she was sick and no one really noticed. But on the other hand awesome writing you obviously have a gift! Keep it up, It'll take you far
  • Josh
    I Love this poem I feel exactly the way that you put it Thank you for doing that I couldnt express it any better
  • sonia
    it a great poam and its true a lot of people do stuff like that and it hurts people u will never imagen
  • stacy
    This poem really touched my heart and soul. People never realize what depressed people do. NO this is not the answer
  • Amy
    I really loved ur poem. it was beautiful. u touched my heart and soul and helped me see that if i chose to leave. i will bring pain to others, i dont want to bring tears to anyones eyes because of a bad decision I make. so thanx for making realize that life is special. *tears*
  • its
    man this poem reaches out to me. i relate to you. its soo. uuhh its soo good that im speechless. well im going to end this with. keep up the wonderful work. and just keep your head up. because thats all you can do
  • Cassie
    There is no way i could express how this poem has appealed to me, my sister over dossed and is in hospital so this poem has helped alot. Thank-you. It's so hard to find the right words to express something as delicate as the subject, but i belive that death is definately no the way and you have done this the best way anyone could. Thank-you
  • Cassie
    i love this poem, i used to think about suicide often but it was my friends and family that gave me the courage to make it through.
  • Jenna
    Beautiful meaning. once more, another inspirational piece that touches of soul of suicide and the terror those close to him feels.
  • Charish
    I love your poem! so touching rock on keep writing!
  • Samantha
    it made me go back to when i tryed to kill myself cause i couldnt live with the pain but later i realised that it was a bad way out and that i should have dealt with it.
  • melanie
    i liked this poem alot because i too have depression and at one point i did try to commit but i realized i cant run from my problems i have to face them
  • Heath
    I really enjoyed your poem. It is so deep, it almost made me cry because i know how it feels to have that desperate feeling
  • Katie
    love can cover all sin and wipe away all tears, but it is hard to see where the love exists when all we see is the color tear stained souls paint the world by.
  • alli
    I really like this poem 'cos i can relate to it so well! I tried to kill my self too and then i saw my friends and i couldn't bare what i had put them through!
  • hanoi
    Your poem was very touching. i've never read a poem like this before, but i love it a lot. hugs 'n' kisses
  • PRISC
    this is a GREAT POEM I LOVE IT I FELT THE ASME WAS BUT I FINLY RILIZED THAT WAS A BAD ANSWER AND THAT WAS NOT THE WAY I TRYED BUT IM NOW HAPPER THAT IM STILL STANDING AND MY LIFE HAS ALSO GOTTIN A LOT BATTER AS WELL
  • Andre
    heh. love your work. Ive been in the hospital for 3 years. im glad you are able to give sucha inspirational poem
  • Angel
    This is such an inspirering poem. I love it and it sends out a message that killing yourself isn't what God wanted us to do. I guess you just have to live with the pain untill it goes away? Thank you for writing this poem!
  • Jess
    Your poem is really great and I was really touched by it. As being a person of having a close friend commit suicide and being a person who thought about committing suicide. I read your poem Thank You.
  • Sara
    well said my sista. write on!
  • Katy
    This is a great poem!
  • chris
    straight up. i haven't read a poem that touched me so deep, i can relate to it so much almost like it wuz a memory
  • kaylan
    This poem was like somthing my friend would say. I love it.
  • Joel
    hey, Angell that was such a depressing poem. It was so good. I felt as if I was their sharing your pain and in way. I guess I am. I feel so down everyday. I dont think I can continue. Maybe I can.
  • duff
    i loved ur poem. i read it just when i was thinkin about suicide n it made me lyk realize that it wasnt the way 2 face my problems. Exellent work!
  • AMR
    THANKS FOR WRITING THIS POEM. IT HAS HELPED ME ALOT!
  • bb
    this is really good and it seems to actully of happened the way that she described her days.
  • lisa
    i totally love this poem
  • Brittiany
    I thought this poem had such a effect I really liked it alot
  • eliane
    a poem with such deep meaning!
  • Meghan
    So beautiful.So pointient. full of emotion. I Love it.
  • Nichole
    I loved this poem I have felt so down lately and I would love to hear anything else from you
  • Jackie
    This poem was good. I heard true desperation in someone trying to end their own pain, not trying to do the world a favor. But what if she would have succeeded before she knew it wasn't meant to be?
  • Ashley
    hey i really liked your poem, it explanes me alot, not to long ago i realized the same thing, that killing my self was not the answer and like a child i sat there and cried. i know how you feel
  • Abby
    this poem is so awsome it is the same way I feel and my best friend feel everyday. But we know if we stick together we can make it.
  • deadlykitah
    I think this poem was great! In english class we got a journal and we have to write poems and quotes in it that reflect apon ourlselves. This project is a year long project and i wrote this poem on the front cover along with one more because it was my favorite. I found it very realistic in our lives today. Keep up the good work Angell! ^,^
  • Ashley
    this made me cwy! :*( its weal sad and i luv it. it reminds me of me coz i have tried suicide 1 day.
  • WeAvEr
    This poem Changed my life in so many different ways.. I LOVED IT,, and thanks !
  • Melissa
    This is the best poem i have ever heard. I have been in so many similar situations that i'm in over my head.
  • sagal
    one of the greatest poem i have ever readed my feeling now was just the same i am really happy that there is someone who feels like me great keep it up i give u my apprciation
  • Genesis
    I like the poem.It made me stop and think and yet I know I will still have bad days but someone also told me: Suicide is a permenant solution to a temporary problem..in which I agree with it. But anyways your poem was outstanding.
  • Jon
    This is such a beautiful poem!! I'm almost in tears.
  • crystal
    I love it. I feel the same way. I know its hard and I'm trying to make it, and believe it or not poems like these stop me from doing anything to myself.
  • Bronwyn
    I liked your poem alot, it reminds me how i felt in 7th grade. Thanks for sharing it with people so they can see what it feels like!
  • Lia
    I really loved that poem! Sometimes it begins to sound like my life.
  • myth
    I rember how i felt when i realised i just slit my rists, covered in my own blood i cryed out to a empty house for love. I never found it, and went on to cut myself as a relife from my hurt. This poem hit me unlike any of the others I have read here tonight.
  • Rachel
    Mate , this is the hella GREAT GREAT GREAT poem ! oh my god when i read i like cried and cried it is very very touching mate ! well kepp it up !
  • Crystal
    I thought your poem was great it really touches the emotions of people or me anyway, in some ways i feel the way the poem says that this isn't the way my life was ment to be ,but i think that it is to late for me , but i think you are a wonderful writer and it really touched me
  • Tamisha
    This is how I feel ever day ! I know how it feels !
  • Chris
    oh my god! oh my god that poem was amazing! ive never read anything like that in my life, i cant say ive ever tried suicide, cos to me thats too easy a way out, but this poem gives me some idea of what its like to be someone who has.im glad you didnt, if your capable of writing stuff like this you dont deserve to die..
  • Ashlee
    Very good
  • Ty
    Simply an incredible poem. Made me think about what I've tried in the past. Almost made me cry.
  • shelby
    really good poem i'd vote for it more than once if i could.
  • Lil
    This poem touched me deeply. I have thought about suicide but after reading this poem, I realized that it's not worth it! Thank you! And keep on writing!
  • Rosie
    I loved this poem because I have been in the same situation before. I think it is pathetic that so many of us try doing something so stupid as to do away with our lives when there are many other solutions we can take up instead of that.
  • Tonya
    Your poem really touched me because i'm 14 and my dad commited sucide!!!!
  • BooTAY
    I like this poem..I think it really makes people relieze that suicide isnt really the answer to nething! I hope people really think twice!
  • apryl
    I ALMOST CRYED WHEN I READ THIS ...it made me realize that what i had done wasnt right... ( i had just slached my wristes) and i love it
  • Joshua
    This is really a good poems in which every word brings a wonderful meaning in disguise. Please write more, Angell. God Bless Us!!
  • nikki
    I looove this poem cause i think about suicide all the time.
  • erik
    this poem has a very deep meaning..... the message can realate to many teens in todays society.
  • Jon
    keep up the good work. i think it's damn good.
  • Cj
    This was the best poem I have ever read and it help in ways you would never know, So I thank you Angell. .Good-day With love, Cj
  • SHARON
    I DID THIS VERY THING WHEN I WAS 16.THANKS YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE. :)
  • Katie
    wow this poem really hit close to home. it touched me unlike any other poem has.
  • Laura
    I liked it a lot, it was very real. Made me think about life...
  • Ashlay
    I don't really have much to say, but all of these poems are great, and this one really touched me the most and gave me shudders, it feels like what im going through and it spoke to me, there for i voted for it
  • fanciface
    I feel you. Keep writing.
  • Kellie
    I have felt this way and also have been in this situation and I used to write poems like this. I think that writing poems when I was deppressed and saying what i really felt in them made me feel much better, I think you put much parts of your life into your poems and I belive most of them are very good and I would love to read more of them if you have more.
  • Dreamz
    I love the poem! Suicide was something that sometimes i really really wanna to do, seems it can ends everything, but i never have the courage to do so, like u said, u dun want to be too weak to say sorry to ones who cares. Suicide is a punishment for the one who cares about me, ppl who dun care about me wouldn't care so. very nice poem
  • Meaghann
    I really liked this poem and I cried for hours just thinking about it.Good job Angell.
  • sarah
    Your poem reached out to my heart about the pain of suicide. I thought it was really inspiring and want to use it to show those who suffer from deppresion.
  • renee
    its just the way i like poems to be and its like explaing me
  • Star
    Hi Angell i just loved that poem, i could really feel it, since i sometimes feel the same way. and you know what sometimes poems from the heart and words of thruth can open the eyes of the blind and see what is there. i just love the way you arranged the consequences and and what it can cause. you go girl =)
  • Me
    Suicide is a permenant solution to a temporary problem.
  • amanda
    Your poem was well writen and I really hope that you didn't have to go through with that. its very sad and I know how you feel and I also think your very talented.
  • daniel
    it made me think
  • MONIQUE
    i really like this poem cuz i can totally relate cuz there have been time when i have tried to do things like that but i think about the people i will hurt
  • Jenipher
    I feel like the person in the poem I am a surivied my sucide. I still feel this way on days. I take a day at a time.
  • Vanessa
    This is a great poem, that told a story in my life that I couldn't say or write. I think alot of people could relate to this.
  • LAUREN
    I THOUGHT THIS POEM OUT OF ALL OF THEM TOUCHED ME THE MOST AND SHOWED THEIR REAL TRUE INSIDE
  • Em
    I have been depressed for a long while, and this poem made me rethink suicide.
  • Nargan
    VERY GOOD. One of the best death poems I have EVERY read!!!!!!!!
  • Daniel
    ... each word was a page from my small life. Don't stop writing, don't stop thinking.... and never forget to believe in dreams.
  • Sky
    this poem is one of the best i´ve ever read!
  • Mary
    I love this poem it is the best.
  • Ice
    I CRIED WHEN I READ THAT. I FOUND MY FRIEND LIKE THAT. GREAT POEM.
  • candais
    i loved this poem i think that out of all of the poems this one touched me the most
  • melissa
    WOW! That is definately one of the best poems i have ever read, and i will have to print it out and add it to me favorite poems collection. It's one of those that make you think. and when i'm having my down times i'll definately think twice about sucied now. thanx.
  • Kendall
    This is the poem for me! I have tried to hurt myself cause i thought everything was my fault, i did all this stuff. This poem really shows my true fellings. I love it so much
  • Stephanie
    I really like you poem cause in a way it sounds like me. I always though that way about my life. I wish you can get back to me I would really like it. I would like to know how you can think about things like that and how you can write poems. cause I always wanted to write poems. I use to wrtie but not no more. Maybe if you can give me some advice. I would really like that.
  • Sierra
    It is Lovely.I cryed.

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