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You're Killing Me


I feel confused and lightheaded. I am aware that my breath is slow and steady and I am becoming colder. My vision is becoming less and less. I look around. All is dark. I feel a trickling sensation and I look. A deep, red liquid is sliding across my wrist and dripping onto the floor. I am suddenly aware of what is happening. I am dying, but what's worse is that I don't want to. But I don't know how to stop it. I notice someone sitting next to me. I cry for help; he doesn't respond. I look up at his face and see that it is covered in tears; eyes filled with remorse and sorrow. Something shiny catches my eye and I glance down. In his hand is a blade covered with the same dark red liquid that is on my wrist. I slowly realize what he has done, but I don't know why. I try to speak, but my mouth has suddenly gone dry. He just stares at me with shining eyes. I look back at him, longing for an answer. He does not reply. And my vision is cut off, as I leave the world, and I will never know.
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KimS
I accidentally commented twice and I don't know how to delete one so ignore this one! :)
KimS
This poem is about a girl driven to suicide by heartbreak. As she lay dying, his image appears to her in the way she hopes he feels when he discovers what has happened. She is asking why, why he left her and why he wasn't there to save her. There is more to it, but this was the general idea behind the poem. Feel free to share other interpretations you may have.

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