Catessellations

How can you tell when someone wants to die? Are there physical signs for people who have given up on life, like symptoms of some terminal disease? Maybe you can see it in their eyes, that ashy grey colour that indicates the total absence of any form of hope. Maybe you can smell it on them; a sour, despondent smell, similar to the stench of turned milk. Perhaps you can hear it in their voice, the lack of electricity, the lack of life. A dead voice. The voice of a suicidal person should sound like a note played on a harpsichord. Tinny, listless, flat. An unpleasant noise that makes your skin crawl. Nails on a chalkboard. But maybe there

When life gets tough, You get your knife. When life just sucks, You take your life. When you have problems, When no one cares. The scars on your arms. All the stares. The blade of the knife Held up to your wrist. The blood leaking out. Your hand in a fist. There is no pain. You do not start. Nothing compares To the pain in your heart. If you're in the mood You might get artistic. Carve a morbid message "I am sadistic." "I hate" "Life sucks" "Screw the world" Most don't understand What it's like to suffer. "There are people in the world worse off than you." Do you care? Oh no. You're apathetic. Emotionless. Indiff