"It's a shame,"
A mother says to her daughter,
"that such pretty girls think such dark things."
But there it is --
The very reason why us girls think thoughts so dark:
There is beauty in death.
As soon as we're gone,
People suddenly want us.
Celebrities will pray for the poor young lost soul,
We'll suddenly be beautiful in everyone's eyes --
And everyone will want to be our friend.
Suddenly those bullies want forgiveness,
And your out-of-your-league crush likes you back.
You'll never age -- a constant beauty.
You'll be pure -- negativity buried with your body.
You'll be smart -- the one "with the bright future."
Suddenly we're wanted,
Missed
Mourned
Loved
We've gotten all we've been searching for!
But what good does it do us,
if we'll never feel the suns warmth again?
Never again to catch loose snowflakes,
Or smell the spring dafodils?
If you can bring yourself to never laugh again,
To never kiss again,
To never dream again,
Then it's on you.
But don't tell me you'll go without regret:
Maybe you'd still be alive if someone told you sooner?
Maybe we should stop praising those who take their lives?
~C E Smith