She Swings

She takes out her pen

She writes out a note

She numbers through ten

And here’s what she wrote

(1.) I’ve tried to be so perfect

(2.) But I’m flawed and failed you all

(3.) I tried to climb the heights you set

(4.) But I slipped and now I fall

(5.) I’m tired of all the tears

(6.) I’m through with all this pain

(7.) I’m tired of running on these tracks

(8.) I’m getting off this train

(9.) We may meet again someday

(10.) I’m sorry you had to find out this way

She lays the paper on her bed

They’ll read it…. She hopes…

Then she climbs up for her necklace of rope

Pushes her feet, and then she chokes

She twitches and she panics

Then she remembers why she’s there

And she endures the heavy price to pay

As she swings in mid-air

She sways so gently, to and fro

Her body so limp and still

And then they come and find her

And on her bed, her last minute will.