Please stop for a minute.
Yes, I’m talking to you.
Don’t do what it is that,
You’re planning to do.
Let these words talk to you
While I have your attention.
I won’t tell you I know the
Things you’re going through.
Just know that the pain
You’re feeling right now?
I’ve been there, reaching
For the solution in whatever
Form it may take – cold steel,
Booze or pills. So even though
I don’t know you, we have, at this
Point, something in common now.
I was twenty seven the first time
I felt I was out of options. Taking
Those pills and that blade that
Day, I tried to put myself away.
I felt like I was screaming inside
Remember I’ve been where you
Are. I’ve walked that mile in those
Shoes; I want you to know that
You are stronger than you realise.
This is a fight…
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