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I Don't Know...

September 14, 2011
By riouxa SILVER, Granville, Ohio
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riouxa SILVER, Granville, Ohio
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If a man believes he's free, then there's no escape possible"

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I don’t know what to do.
People say,
“Oh, he’ll grow out of it”
But the depression is
getting worse and worse.

I don’t know how to help him.
He thinks he has no importance
In the present or the future.
Has no will to go on living.

I can’t reach through his thick head
And tell him that there’s a girl
That thinks he is the most important.

I don’t know how to stop him.
Everyone knows about his plans
To go and commit suicide
Yet they do nothing
Tell nobody or
Try and coax him out.
I’m scared he will actually do it
And I don’t know what to do.

© Lindsey D., Marblehead, MA

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smileyface96 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 18 2011 at 7:29 pm
smileyface96 BRONZE, Tifton, Georgia
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"To die would be an awfully big adventure" -peter pan

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Maybe a slight re-wording to help the flow of the article is needed, but I love the excellent meaning. :) I hope all as well. Maybe stop by and take a look at my poetry or stories? Have a lovely day! :)