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One Day Too Late

October 17, 2014
By Haleymaee13 BRONZE, Crivitz, Wisconsin
Haleymaee13 BRONZE, Crivitz, Wisconsin
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When will it stop
Are they waiting for me to give up.

Nobody knows how bad
I mean they took everything I had

It wasn't only just my friends
It was all the thoughts in my head

They took everything that made me
Exchanged it for someone nobody can see

I'm drowning so i scream
They block me out like a team

I used to speak
But nobody cares if I'm weak

So I decided to go silent
Nobody knows what their words meant

I'm not even afraid
I will just fade

Don't stop me please
I know you're only trying to tease

But really it's not funny
Oh because honey

When the girl dies
Everyone will begin to see behind her lies

You guys think you can just deny it
but the words I write won't allow it

Today's the day I break,
because the more you said, the less I could take

So once you see
My cold, pale, dead body

Will you be sorry
Well here's a sad story

You won't show
You'll just say, I won't go

But still nobody will stand up
Some won't even watch my body dump

So few will cry any tears
Instead they'll jump up with cheers

They'll stare at my empty seat
Just like they would make me stare at my feet

The make another suicide joke
There will be that one girl where the jokes make her choke

She'll feel the guilt
She knew what the words had built

But she didn't say a word
And my cries for help were never heard

You two won't feel the burn
Even though you guys are the cause both your heads just turn

Someone mentions a suicide
The memory of me comes to mind

You look at each other
Then let out a silent fit of laughter

The teacher shoots a death glare
But the two of you laughing at my death really isn't rare

Today marks one year
Nobody sheds a tear

That one girl is the only one
Who remembers that inside I was really someone

She walks down the hall with a frown
One of you guys bumps her with another sick joke trying to be a clown

She glances up at the ceiling, silently asking me
Is it too late to answer your call for help set me free that's what you'd beg me

She knows I say it's not too late
But she pretends I tell her it is, all that's left is hate

She shakes her head in shame
This is all just a cruel game

The two of you found out by one
That it's been a year since I've been gone

So the suicide jokes continue through the day
From sixth hour until about the middle of May

Only reason they stopped
Was because again, I was gone and they forgot

One month later
I would've been a driver

The 24th would've marked 16
But I was gone before I even turned 15

The few people who cried,
That day they found out I died

Wake up with this unbearable ache
Second year there won't be any cake

A girl I once called my best friend
Remembers the day that my life had an end

Still laying in bed she rolls to her side
And stares at the picture where my smile didn't have anything to hide

It's a picture of us at her basketball game
We were both laughing, she was surprised I had came

This girl that never cried
Wiped a tear falling, her sleeve soaked it up, her face dried

Her sister sat on her bed
Summer was her favorite she said

Her sister nodded, whispering I know
Let's remember her with a smile, even when there was snow

She sat up, moved herself closer to her sister
Her sister looked at her, go ahead I'll be a good listener

Remember when she slept over
And dad put his foot up on her

Her and her sister laugh
But she quickly remembers I was her other half

Her sister senses the sadness
And attempts to give the good memories a few more chances

Don't you remember the birthday weekend
Her sister said quietly hoping to bring a smile that's not pretend

She sits there and names
The only thing that's left, I lost their game

Even when Im no longer here
They still continue to bring me tears

I was more afraid of going to school
Than I was to die, there's only one rule

Don't forget what you did
Because I died, and I was just a kid



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