Hello, Goodbye

Hello,

With blood on her hands, she took her life,

slitting her white scared, slender wrists.

She cut across, flinching from the pain.

Trying not to cry out,

she cut down, closing her eyes,

willing herself to bleed.

"Take away all the memories" she pleaded

to no one in particular.

The sound of her own cries as she received hit

after hit from an abusive father echoed through

her mind. Kids pointed and laughed as she came

to school bruised and beaten. She remembered

seeing her boyfriend cheat on her with her best friend

right in front of her.

These last memories faded,

she lay on the floor,

the light dimming from her eyes,

her breaths growing shallow,

her heart beating slow...

thump...thump...thump...

Goodbye.