They Were There

“It came out of nowhere.”Wrong. You simply ignored it.You saw the warning signs, but you were too busy to care.“He didn’t change a bit.” Whether blind or ignorant; the signs were there.He became more daring.He, himself, became his own bugbear.His passions—he quit loving.  Whether blind or ignorant; the signs were there.When was the last time you saw him eat?You saw the warning signs, but you were too busy to care.He became an insomniac; he was beat. Whether blind or ignorant; the signs were there.I know, because I once was too busy.Then one morning, “It came out of nowhere.”And then we had to bury. Whether blind or ignorant; the signs are there.I know, because I show them everywhere.I write about suicide a lot.Get ready to dig up another grassplot.  

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
Our world

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