This Is For The Best

recently one of my friends shot himself. he was only 16 and this poem sounds exactly what happened. he texted his girlfriend and told her he would love her forever. and I miss him. he was a great guy. everybody knew him. rest in peace. Michael

OMG I read this poem and had tears going down my face this is really sad, My dad shot himself after writing a letter to me and my mum.

this is good I've felt the same way before but I never thought I would go through with it. I go through this a lot dealing with other peoples problems. I guess I'm just a caring person and I care. This is good though I'm new to the poem writing too and I just wrote my first one tonight on suicide.

I can't stop crying. I feel like throwing up.

This is one of the saddest poems I have ever seen. I looked up depression poems because I get very depressed and have thoughts on suicide, but yet I am still alive and well. I thought the world was against me and if I died the world would be more peaceful and happy. I lost one of my best friends in 8th grade. He hung himself from his fan. I cry still from the memory almost 3 years ago. It was me, him and another friend all grew up together since around age 3. I miss him so but nothing will bring him back. I fight suicidal thoughts and my teenage years are rough. I haven't had the perfect life nor the worst. I saw this poem a few years ago and it still brings tears to me. I am not social because I feel like I never belonged I guess, and it just hurts even though I never show it. I am 16 and it also hurts that my friends look down upon me cause I cry and I'm a guy and apparently guys shouldn't cry or be sensitive so I'm kind of stuck :(

This explains so much...I understand it all too well, how the feelings swell.

Adam West, Hartford,

It's okay to cry you know it doesn't matter what other people say. A person can never ever get over something like you experienced and I'm sure you'll always remember it. The poem was so sad it brought tears to my eyes and your story was also very sad that it made me cry. I just wanna say don't give in to suicide. You have a chance today to carry on in your friends memory and maybe do what he may have wanted you to do in life. I hope that you are still fine today and well alive and maybe you could publish something about your friend so that he will always be remembered by people everywhere.

I submitted this a really long time ago but never knew it got accepted till not to long ago when a friend told me they Google's my name an this came up... this was a really bad time in my life... my dad was never around when I was little and pretty much denied my existence and my step dad was abusive while my mom was with him... and my mom was addicted to drugs and took a lot of her problems out on me... I was out of this phase for a long time after that but some recent problems have come up and I feel as if I'm falling back into that phase again :-/

I guess I can relate with you guys, I wanted to commit suicide, I almost did. You see not to long ago my uncle (36) and two of my cousins (19 and 8) died in a head on collision, the women who crashed into them was drunk and on drugs... She survived. and even though she has caused me so much anguish, I pray for her. I can't imagine living with that kind of guilt. Bad things happen to all of us, but how we react defines who we are. A year later two of my friends died in a head on collision. This pain I carry almost kills me but I know I am not alone, I want you guys to know that you aren't either. You don't have to carry this on your own.

Dear Adam West from Hartford,
I am a 17 year old boy and I recently lost three great friends and I don't cry in front of people either for the same reason. but trust me, you giving in to suicide would ruin more lives than you can possibly imagine. I understand what you are going through and if I lived near you and I saw your friends I would have your back and I have never met you. Open up to the right people and trust me everything will seem easier. Just please don't kill yourself it's not how you should go. :)

This really touched me so many nights I have sit and cried and cut and prayed for death to come. I have tried everything pills drowning. I've done it all but put a gun to my head. I still get the feeling to do it from time to time but it's not as strong anymore. I hurt but I'm fighting it. Everyone always told me it will get better well maybe they was right cause now I have a beautiful baby and a amazing boyfriend that for once doesn't beat me. So what I got to say is if your thinking about it hang in there.

Bubbles that really was an inspiration to me. You have just taught me to never give in to suicide. THANK YOU!!!!!!

I lost my little cousin a few yrs ago we were best friends growing up always confided in one another. Before his 16th birthday he took a picture of himself with the barrel of his dads shot gun in his mouth. Took a picture and said now you get what you wanted and posted it online for all the school bullies to see. Pulled the trigger. His name was Jacob. It is good for guys to cry, maybe if he was more willing to cry he would have came to me and told me how he was feeling. His parents were going through a divorce and worked all the time. but maybe if he would have cried on my shoulder he would still be alive :( guys need to cry too, doesn't make you less of a man. As kids we were best friends. He is still near and dear to my heart. Rest in peace to all of those who felt they were alone, when really they didn't know just how much we really care

This is my son's story...he sat in a chair in the garage and killed himself with a gun after talking to his newly ex girlfriend. I busted out crying as if my son had written this.
He was such a caring person. I think if he realized how devastated he would leave me and his 2 brothers he wouldn't have done it.