Bits & Pieces

In my lifetime, I have been acquainted with three people who later committed suicide. I get it, they had pain, but they didn't have a clue regarding how much pain and suffering they were leaving to their supporters and loved ones. Usually that suicider made a lot of people miserable, even before they took the easy way out. So I don't have much sympathy for your suicidal tendencies..........you are narcissistic and grossly self-centered. Grow up or give up, but please do it quickly, Ok?

Bits & Pieces

Artists and musicians, and

Other people who made the choice,

To exit on their own terms

Maybe even crashing the Rolls-Royce,

Although, that's not usually the vehicle

More like a gun or a bridge;

But, not too many people

Lock themselves in a Fridge,

Airtight and cold

Or positively freezing,

Nor do they wrestle with an Octopus

For the ultimate squeezing.

The bystanders, stand by

What else can they do?

They can't put your brain back together

With Dollar-Store super-glue,

No, what they're left with

Are bits and pieces of your pain,

And perhaps, it's just as well

That you ventilated your brain.

Because, we all, were very tired

With that pity-party crap,

It might have worked in the beginning

When you dropped it in our lap,

But time, brought understanding

And distance showed us truth,

Your misery was founded

Way back in your youth,

Before we ever met you

Some bad luggage you've carried forever,

And in our loving relationship

You chose to use it as a lever.

So, goodbye to you

Thanks for picking up that gun,

Or you jumped off that bridge

Or dived into the Sun,

Whatever it was

You did us all a favor,

And finally, dear friend

You chose the right flavor.

Fibril_late;

7/8/13