To be or Not to Be

To be or Not to be

Hope deserts the soul

Love, a faraway dream

To be or not to be

A defeated being’s scream

A sinking heart

And a dying spirit

A path not traveled

A life not lived

Dreams undreamt

Realities unseen

Unexpressed love

Unfelt feeling

So much yet to do

So much to see

So much yet to say

So much to be

If your life is not

Just your own

How your death

Could ever be

It’s a fight to the finish

Finished it has to be

But a finish without a fight

Never was the way, never will be

It’s a moment of impulse

It’s a moment of defeat

It’s that solitary moment

When you give up and quit

That moment needs a hand

To hold on to

That moment needs a voice

To cling on to

Just let it go

That moment… that thought

It just takes a belief

That it too shall pass!

Think of those eyes

For whom the world is you

Think of that scary emptiness

The vacuum… you’ll leave them to

Yes, you are born alone

But die you never will

So many lives you touched

Will be lifeless and still

Be brave my friend

Hold on to life

This is a gift to cherish

Pass it on and make it worthwhile!!!

This is a poem I have written for Write Tribe as part of the World Suicide Prevention Day awareness program. I have encountered two suicide cases  in my life, and I have seen what despair and remorse they leave back. I feel guilty that I could not help those souls to go on fighting and not quit. But if this reaches a single person contemplating "to be or not to be" and it jolts him back to living, I will consider it worth my life.

Shiva