The Victim
Mood:  sad
The Victim" ~ poem (author unknown) "The Victim" ~ poem (author unknown)

Suicide is not a victimless crime.
His pain is gone, but we do the time.
Loved ones are given the victim role.
The pain and the grief take their toll.

Trapped in our memories
Lost in our grief.
We search for answers.
But, He is at peace.

The life we had known ended that day.
Our faith is tested as we pray.
The life we thought normal is no longer.
It's true:with absence the heart grows fonder.

With questions we kneel at a grave and cry
Without answers we attempt to say good-bye.

To a loved one who felt this was his only way out.
To my Daddy who didn't know he could just cry out.
Alone in his pain; alone in his death.
I wish I could have been there when he went to rest.

He died alone, which hurts so much more.
He died alone, whatever for?
To his doctors he spoke of pain without end.
TO us he did not mention what was happening within.

His body began to fail long before his mind.
He chose to end his life long before his time.
Alone without comfort my family still grieves.
Separated by miles, but not by our needs.

We long to hold him, kiss him, and speak to him once more.
Just a last word to say as he walked out life's door.
Now we must move on with life's great journey.
We must breathe in and breathe out while inside we're hurting.

We must continue for our family, for us.
We must continue, like it or not, we must.

(unknown)

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