suicide

My world stopped spinning when I heard.

The earth continued in its orbit, carrying me with it, but time, as I know it, stopped.

Blood froze in my veins, movement, and momentum, impossible, as I struggled to process even a simple thought.

Those around me continued in the minutia of life while I was left gasping for breath and being.

Nothing pierced the unreality.

Nothing penetrated the solitude or the incapacitating silence.

On the day you took your life, you left me with nothing but frozen tears and unbearable unbelief.

I had no idea your pain was so overwhelming.

I hate that you felt desperate.

I hate that I had no idea.

I hate that I lost an irreplaceable part of my soul.

My-Boy.

Why did you go?

I hate the idea that I have no idea.

Suicide:

I hate you. I hate the incomprehensible lie you tell. I hate your devastation.

I hate you.

Author: Jana Horton

I write to soothe my soul. I empty my words onto napkins, scraps of paper, receipts... anything really. When I was very young my mom told me to stop writing on my hand. I never did. I write on it to this day. I’ve lost so many scraps of Self on soggy napkins; I’ve yet to lose my hand. The words I scribble there may wash off, but since they are inscribed in my soul, once they are released, from heart to hand, I am allowed to let them go.

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