Poetry: Suicide - by Ryan Gabriel Martinez

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by Ryan Gabriel Martinez

Created on: April 20, 2008

LIFE GOES ON

Afraid of what lays ahead
I lock myself in my room
Wanting life to go on without me
Face buried deep within my pillow
Wet from the tears I have shed
Uncontrollable anguish
Makes its home within my soul
Afraid of growing old
Because I can't stand not knowing
What the future holds
Good or bad, I don't know
But it scares the hell out of me
Face still buried in my pillow
I begin to lose oxygen
Suffocation, head gets light
Eyes begin to close, then
Life goes on without me

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