Suicide Prevention Poem by Patti Masterman

Dear God, if you put me here for a reason
I'd like to know what it is
The world leaves me cold,
I'm nobody, and nowhere
Finds more of me all the time
How did I get so lost?

'Wonderful clear diction
Such imagery and abstraction
Carries the reader along on the journey! '

I can't see any reason to go on anymore
Everyone I ever loved has left me
I sit and stare in the mirror for hours
Trying to find some reason not to do it
But I'm running out of excuses

'Amazing depth behind the pathos
Where did you learn to write with such feeling?
Please enlighten us further.'

Dear God, I think I've reached it
The end of my rope
The next sound you hear
Will be the echo of my departing from this world
I hope everyone realizes
This is not meant to hurt anyone
It seems to be the only way out of my pain

'Honey, I think you've found the poetry board by accident.
I think you were looking for suicide prevention...'
'Honey....
Hey are you still there....? '