RAE

Yes, your mother will miss you..
Yes, your bully will make a sappy Facebook post about what a wonderful person you were..
And yes, Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem 

....but you know that

You've known that, anyone and everyone has been shoving that down your throat since you first learned what the word suicide meant

Those slogans might've lost their meaning, 
but anything that keeps you alive is worth saying 
So don't kill yourself until you finished your shampoo and conditioner at the same time!
Don't kill yourself until Doctor Who is finally cancelled!
Don't kill yourself until you tell someone your best Pasta recipe!

Don't kill yourself because I will keep coming up with more reasons and I need you to hear all of them!
Don't kill yourself..I love you..

You're IMPORTANT!
It's a bad day, not a bad life
There is more to this 
The world will keep spinning on its axis without you

..but think of all the sunrises you'll miss
Think of all the tears you'll never get to shed
Think of all the celebrity twitter fights, all the puppies and the gold fish
Think of all the sunflowers and frozen yogurt flavors

I Know this sounds pointless when you're sitting in front of everything deadly you own and revising your goodbyes 
There will be too much darkness to see anything else


..but this is not about seeing anything else 
This is about turning off the lights 
This is about finding the bedsheets instead of the news
This is about just giving yourself one more day    even if it takes ten thousands of those 'One more mornings'  before you can get to 'I can't wait for tomorrow' 

This is about staying alive because it's pumpkin season

This is about staying alive because you never really learned how to make Gnocchi 
This is about staying alive because the future is coming!..

...and it's ready for you 

I don't need you to see it..

I just need you to believe that you can make it until then



DON'T KILL YOURSELF|| SPOKEN WORLD POETRY