There Are Those Who Want To Die And Cannot Poem by Shalom Freedman

THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO DIE AND CANNOT

There are those who want to die and cannot
They cannot kill themselves
But they want to die
They just wish it was all over
Quietly without theatrics
They may go on for years
Wanting to die
And not dying
But they do not escape the suffering
They live and in living want to die
But no one kills them
And they cannot kill themselves
They wish to die
And do not know when it will happen
They are not happy
They go on and on
Without wanting to-