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Stefon Colbert

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

10 poems·Since March 2013
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Eugene

April 10, 2013
A hard world we live in today It's almost like the ultimate video game But unlike a game there is no resetting No pausing And definitely No extra lives But these harsh realities are often ignored Leading to reckless decision making Like the one to end your own life A deep stain in my membrane And for goodness sake I'm tired of seeing it happen, hearing about it and thinking of it The effects are astronomical Causing chemical imbalances to the world of people you have chemistry with To those a simple smile brightened their day Or those who listened to the optimism in your words The laughs your jokes forced out the mouths of your peers I swear you were the man with master plan And as the pain seers in my mind and spirit I refuse to remember how you left Instead I choose to remember everything you were and the great things you stood for And I write today in your memory in order to prevent another from the same fate Cause the good ones go when they loose sight of their worth so from this day forth I invite the world Take time out of your day To give yourself some self praise and relay this invite to another And officially Join the fight against suicide
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