Suicide Prevention Month
Published: August 2021
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. It's a month dedicated to raising awareness about suicide and sharing hope for those affected by it. It's a month to help destigmatize this widespread and heartbreaking topic.
Often, people don't want their lives to end; they just wish the pain they're experiencing in life would end. Life can become overwhelming for people of all ages. Unfortunately, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health, suicide is the second leading cause of death of people ages 10-34.
Suicide has a far-reaching effect. When someone chooses to end his or her life, the people connected to that person are left to grieve. Many times, they also live with guilt and have questions that will never be answered.
We hope that by shedding light on this topic through poetry, people can see that they're not alone. May we come together and help those who are hurting -- both the people experiencing suicidal thoughts and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
Many people have felt hopeless at some point. You are not alone. This is not a battle you have to fight by yourself. Let’s encourage one another.
If you are hurting, please reach out to someone. If you feel like you are drowning with everything happening around you and you wonder how you will go on, there are people who want to help. If you have been thinking about ending your life, we urge you to reach out. In the United States, you can contact the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. There is hope!
32 Poems Raising Awareness About Suicide
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Demons Of Darkness
She stood on the bridge
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In silence and fear,
For the demons of darkness
Had driven her here.Featured Shared StoryThis is such an inspiring poem. I am a seventh grader with depression and it is because of my loving boyfriend that I am still alive. Please, anyone who is depressed, know that there is...
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Worth
It's hard sometimes to say exactly what I'm worth.
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Sometimes even harder dealing with the hurt.
To feel like no one's there during all my pain.Featured Shared StoryI know that my post is late, but I hope--by some miracle--you will discover it. I am much older than you, and I, too, have experienced a life that is void of human companionship. It is my...
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Just Wait For The Sun
in Hope Poems
When everything's darkness
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And you feel so alone,
When the rain doesn't stop
And you can't make it home,Featured Shared StoryWow! This is an amazing poem! I love how the poem just flows and makes so much of sense. Thanks for sharing this beautiful poem. I know you posted this like 2 years ago but I hope you're...
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My Daughter's Tears
Until it affects someone we love,
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We don't even know it's there.
It's really not our problem,
So why should we care.Featured Shared StoryAs I read this poem, I hurt with you. I feel the pain and still do that you do and could only imagine what your mother must of be going through to help you deal with it and trying to...
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From Oppression Comes Light
Depression is oppression.
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It's a deadly hidden message
Defined by self-hate.
It seals its prisoner's fate.Featured Shared StoryThis poem is very well written and it gave me chills because of how amazing it is. I'm going through these poems in search of one to use for prose and poetry, an academic event, i take part...
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A Friend Can Save A Life
That girl's heart aches,
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Her smile is fake.
The cuts sting,
Her phone rings.Featured Shared StoryMy BEST FRIEND FOREVER is in the exact situation but I can't knock at her door as she's miles away... her mum kicked her out of her own house, so my best friend is living with her aunt and...
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Gone Too Soon
I know you're in heaven dancing and free
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but there's so much more you should be here to see.
So many things I never got to sayFeatured Shared StoryI am so sorry that you lost someone to suicide. I know what you feel like. I have lost someone to suicide before as well, my best friend, Jami. He hung himself on October 20, 2021, at 12:30...
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If You Would Have Known
If you could have seen the devastation,
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shattered hearts you'd leave behind,
would you still have left this world that day?
Would it have made you change your mind?Featured Shared StoryThank you so much for sharing that with me! You are never alone! And you don't have fight life's battles by yourself. Reach out to someone, anyone! There are people ready and waiting by the...
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Despite The Storms
in Short Poems
Despite the storms,
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beauty arrives like
it was always going to.
Despite the darkness,Featured Shared StoryPart of the last line says, "Keep living." I'm saying keep writing. I like your style and sensitivity. Excellent flow and structure. I really enjoyed it.
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Feeling Blue
I suppose it's hard for some to understand.
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This is not the way that I had planned.
I don't know how I've let myself get this way,
And sometimes feel like calling it a day.Featured Shared StoryThis is a really good little fun sized poem the puts the darkness of the topic into a slightly lighter-hearted, almost depressingly whimsical feel. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
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Save A Life
You come to me crying, saying it's done,
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That life is pointless, I shouldn't have one.
I tell you to stop, I beg and I plead.Featured Shared StoryThis poem is the poem my friend sent me when I was debating taking my life. This poem saved my life, literally. Thank you!
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Tidal Wave
In our darkest nights and our brightest days,
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emotions fill us like tidal waves.
They can drag us down and pull us in,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Life Is Fine
Famous Poem
in Famous Poems
I went down to the river,
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I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.Featured Shared StoryEveryone is born for a purpose, but we forget that in pursuit of money. Then God gifted me with poetry and uses it as a medium to educate people, and in each of my poems there is a story...
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Jim
If I had reached out my hand,
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Would you have taken it that day?
Could I have made you feel better?
Could I have made you okay?Featured Shared StoryA year ago my best friend and boyfriend killed himself. The real ache lies beneath the fact that I probably knew what was the reason and could have prevented anything from happening had I not...
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Mt. Take Heart
in Hope Poems
Often we can't see
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The beauty in the pain.
Often we can't see
The treasure we gain.Featured Shared StoryThis poem has really taught me how to value the thing we have and the people around us. We never know what we have got until it's all gone, so be wary that you don't lose the moon while...
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Zach's Poem
I wish that I could talk to you,
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and beg you not to go.
I wish I asked what you were going through,
but now I'll never know.Featured Shared StoryMy brother died on the 20th of August 2017. He hung himself. He had attempted to kill himself 2 times before that. This was the 3rd attempt. I miss him so much and wish I had responded to the...
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Together
So--this is where we are.
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After coming so far,
This is what it's come to.
After all we've been through,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Dancing In The Rain
You've had those feelings... you wish your life was done.
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You're broken, defeated, and overcome.
Each day more challenging than the last.
Moments of weakness...emotions consistently masked.Featured Shared StoryBeautiful. Starting with pessimistic feelings, ending optimistically. True. Friends can change our lives for the better. Life is not to suffer, but to enjoy. How Is left to us to...
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If Only You Knew
I never told you because I thought you knew,
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but I am not sure that would change what you planned so long to do.
I had a funny feeling something was wrong,Featured Shared StoryThis is so sad. I can relate my uncle took his life. I had a feeling something was not right why I did not go and check on you God only knows. By the time I would arrive it would be done. To...
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Hope Behind The Shadows Of Pain
in Hope Poems
In some people's pretty eyes
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There's a great painful disguise,
Disguise that dressed their lonely heart
With devastating cuts that ever hurt.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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