The Side Effects of Suicide

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(A/N: Judging by the title, you know what this is about. This is by my friend, again, so...)

It's been a week

Since he made his choice

And swallowed the pills

To join Death and rejoice


But little did he know

That by ending his pain

He had become

Several others' bane


His mother

Who loved him so dearly

Now drowns in guilt

And can no longer think clearly


His father

Who remembers his baseball games

Now slowly gives up

His love for the sport, in flames


His sister

Who would always stand by his side

Now suffers from PTSD

From witnessing her brother die


His best friend

Whom he had trusted with his life

Now lives every day

Filled with strife


His teachers

Whom he had wanted to make proud

Now sit in disbelief

Their shock showing out loud


His bullies

Who were the cause of his suicide

Now live in horror

Knowing they were the reason he died


All of these people

Suffer day and night

Because he made his choice

And decided to turn off the light

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