STOP Suicide Poem

Shhhh, Dint Say The Word Suicide

It seems to be taboo to say the word suicide. Yet, as a country, we're losing so many of our young people to drugs, depression, and yes, suicide. We need to shout it out. Be heard. Make people understand this is real, and no family is immune to it! I lost my youngest son, Zachary, on 9/4/24. He was only 22 years, 8 months, and 18 days old. He wasn't supposed to go before me. I know I couldn't have survived the rarest and most aggressive form of breast cancer just to suffer through this!

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Suicide Silence

© more by Lisa M. Edwards

Published by Family Friend Poems July 24, 2025 with permission of the Author.

God forbid, I say the word suicide.  But that's the truth.  I couldn't keep you here, no matter how hard I tried.

Your heart and mind had so much heaviness that always weighed you down.  But you wouldn't share it with me. You never made a sound.

Now, I feel so lost without you, and the days seem so long. My world no longer makes any sense, and your brother is my only happiness, now that you're gone.

No, people don't want to hear the word suicide.  They don't want me to say, that's how I lost you.  But that's not for them to decide. 

Depression is real and they need to wake up and see. Just hoping it'll get better, could leave them grieving just like me.

One last thing that I need you to know, "I'll never forgive myself for not doing the things that I should've done.  But Zachary, I'll love you forever and you'll always be my baby boy.  You'll always be my son".

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ABOUT THE POET:

Im an almost 60 yr old mother of 2 incredible sons. I've always turned to writing and poetry as a type of therapy, I guess. I've been told that my current poetry is tragically beautiful. I write about my youngest son, Zachary. I lost him on 9/4/24. He was only 22yrs, 8 months, and 18 days when depression ripped him from my life, my world.

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