Don't Do It Bro ... Don't Do it ... !!!  
  
... " NOooooooo' " ... !!!!!!!!!
  
A Sentiment Sent ...  
Because I've Lost A Friend ...  
In The WORST Kind of Way ... !!!  
Leaving MANY Dismayed ... !!!!!  
    
Like His THREE Children ... !!!  
Who Now ... Have To Accept ...  
That They'll NEVER Have Their Father ...  
Say A Word To Them AGAIN ... !!!!!  
    
When I Say He Was A  ... " Friend " ...  
It Wasn't Like We Spent ...  
Much Time Speaking Our Minds ...  
About Things ... In Our Lives ...  
    
I Knew This Man From School ...  
And Clubs That We'd Go To ...  
    
He Was Quiet Smart & Cool ...  
But Was Never One To Run His Mouth ...  
Or Act Up Like A FOOL ... !!!  
    
These Words I Write Come From Those Times ...  
When We Were Young And groWING UP ...  
    
To Me He Seemed Set To Achieve ...  
A Life of PEACE And Being ... " HAPPY " ... !!!  
    
So Now I'm SHOCKED ...  
SADDENED And ROCKED ...  
Because He's ..... " GONE " ............  
    
I'm So Confused Why Would He Choose .... ?  
To Take His Life ... Because of STRIFE ... ?  
    
It's Clear He Was Going ...  
Through A REALLY BAD TIME ... !!!!!
    
NOBODY Clearly Knowing ....  
What Was Running Through His Mind ... ???  
    
You See ... SUICIDE ...  
Is The .... ULTIMATE Crime ... !!!  
    
God Gave Us Life For Us To THRIVE ... !!!  
NOT TO FIGHT And CRITICIZE ... !!!
  
To The Point Where A Guy ...  
Will Take .... " THAT RIDE " .... !!!  
Because He's Ready To Die ... !!!  
    
"Don't Do It Man Don't Do It !  
I'm BEGGING You Man Don't Do It !"  
    
"DON'T DO WHAT !  
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT !"  
    
"That's True So PLEASE Explain It Dude !"  
    
"WHY THE **** SHOULD I TELL YOU !"  
    
"Please Bro Please, Communicate With Me !"  
    
"OH YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW !  
WELL LET ME TELL YOU THIS BRO !  
MY WIFE'S A ***** I CAN'T SEE MY KIDS !  
MONEY'S TIGHT I CAN'T GET THINGS RIGHT !  
I'mma TAKE MY LIFE ON SATURDAY NIGHT !"  
    
"Don't do it my brother !  
Talk to your babies mother !  
If you need some cash,
We can fix that man !"  
    
"MAN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND  
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT !"
    
"Like What Bro WHAT ?"  
    
"BRO I'VE BEEN THROWN OUT,
OF MY OWN ******* HOME !"
    
"Calm Down Now Bro Please Just Calm Down !"  
    
"I'mma DO IT RIGHT NOW,
I DON'T WANNA CALM DOWN !"  
    
"But Bro You Know Life Has It's Lows !  
OVERSTAND' This **** !  
This Ain't The Time To Quit !  
I'm Begging You PLEASE BRAH DON'T DO IT !"
    
You Know ......  
I Never Got The Chance To Do That Dance ...  
And Try To Calm His ACHING Heart ... !!!  
Because Like Lovers Under Covers ...  
    
He Kept His Pain ... " Well Covered " ...  
To The Point Where I Feel ... "Smothered" ...  
With Grief Just Like His ... " Mother " ... !!!  
    
Who's Now Become Yet ANOTHER One ...  
Who Has To BURY ... Her Own Son ... !?!  
    
What's Going On ... What's Going On ... !?!  
    
What Makes Someone Become So Numb ...  
That Life Becomes So ... OVERDONE ... !?!  
    
SPURNED And BURNED With NOWHERE To Turn ... !!!  
    
I've Been There YES ... !!!  
So Do CONFESS To Wishing For A SPEEDY End ... !!!!!  
    
But Somehow Found SUPPORTIVE Grounds ...  
On Which My Faith Has Me Writing Today ...  
On This Here Page About My Brothas' PAIN ... !!!  
    
An Acquaintance In Truth But A Brotha' To Me ...  
Because His Presence Was A BLESSING ...  
WHENEVER ... We Would Meet ... !!!  
    
This Piece Is For HIM ... !!!  
So Mike ... Rest In Peace ... !!!
    
But It's Also For Those ...  
Who Feel As If They're ... BROKE ... !!!  
MOROSE And In ... " THAT ZONE " ... !!!  
Where They DON'T KNOW Where To Go ... ?!?    
    
PICK UP Your Telephone And Call Your CLOSEST BRO ... !!!    
Or Call Your CLOSEST GIRL And Tell Them How You're Feeling ...
About Your Ailing World So That You Can Start ... HEALING ... !!!
    
LIFE Has So Much Meaning ... !!!  
So ... DON'T Sit There Concealing ... !!!  
    
A Problem Aired Is A Problem SHARED ... !!!!!  
And A Problem SHARED Means Someone CARES ... !!!!!!  
  
I Wish For My Friend I Could of BEEN THERE ...  
To Keep His Thoughts MORE FLUID ... !!!!!!!  
    
And Say To Him ...  
Like I'm Saying To You ...  
    
"DON'T DO IT MAN PLEASE !"  
  
"DON'T DO IT ! "