Suicidal Prayers Poem by Lauren Joy

Now I give my heart to take
As an offering on a platter
Please take it from me
And let me go free
Lest my body should shatter

Now I cry myself an ocean
In which I start to drown
I'm trying to dry
The tears that I cry
But they keep pulling me down

Now I rend myself in two
In a fit of suicidal sorrow
My sheets are drenched
My fists are clenched
Hoping I don't wake tomorrow

Now I lay me down to die
Upon this rosebed of red
Where thorns shall grow
And blood shall flow
And my soul shall be well-fed