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Prayer For The Living by Kevin Rose

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Tonya

I really liked it but makes me sad to know someone knows how I feel I want to help them and make lfe better for the poet

Bryan

Great poem. When you've reached that point of depression, you question what it is from keeping you from that final step. Having been there, you touch on all the emotions perfectly.

yvonne

tears fall at the finding of words to describe how I feel at last, a little ray of light now that I know someone else has the same feelings.

sarah

I can empathise with these words, wanting to hurt others, to let them feel the pain you feel, but being too 'yellow. ' Knowing that you cannot follow it through. Touching and really capturing the confused mind state.

Tammy

thankyou for helping me understand my feelings and also causing tears of mingled sadness and joy to fall from my hollow, lifeless eyes. i needed that. Your writing is fantastic.

dina

i really liked it and i encourage you to keep writting poetry.

Vanessa

This really brought tears to my eyes . I have an online friend who I have never met . he is in his late teens . In the past week he has called me up twice in the early hours of the morning to say goodbye . one final time. The first time I almost went mad because I know he stays very close to me but with friends whose names I did not know. So I could not call the police and I needed way too many tranquilisors to be able to sleep after that. I spent most of the next moring phoning hospitals and was just about to move on to the morgues when he phoned me to say sorry and that his housemate had woken up at just the right time and spoken to him until he was calmer. By the time he phoned me the 2nd time, I knew the complex he was living on and phoned them to go stop him . which they did. He is now very angry with me and told me afterwards that he was never going to do it (after first telling me he could not do it). I have no idea what troubles he has in his life but all I know is when he phoned me to say goodbye that last time he was crying so hard he could not speak properly . and that emotion was real . I am so scared he will try it again and am reading depressing poems to try and get inside his head . I know I never will but I sure have to try . what if nobody else is willing to try ?

Rob

Good Poem

allison

i really liked your poem. i get depressed easliy and yours made me realize a lot of things. i know the pain you went through because ihave had some of the same thoughts that you have had. nice job

mel

this poem is exactly what is going on in my life. you put it into words like i never could or ever will be able to. thank you

angie

i can really relate to this poem thank you for writeing it and make me feel like i'm not the only one.

shana

I feel like Kevin wrote that poem for me after visiting my mind for a while.

Simon

A stunning poem, and it explains perfectly why i am still here too, I've never managed to find the words to use, but this poem will do all the explaining for me. Thankyou for this.

Dani

from 1-10 i give this poem a 13. it touched me in a way that i cant explain. i used to pray to god that i would die too.

Gabrielle

i think that it is a great poem it put wat i felt into words.

Ana

This poem made me cry for 4 hours, my best friend found out I have been dangorusly unhappy and felt like sending me this, I can only say "thank you" to him and to this writer, I have never been so touched EVER! I just want to leave like it is in the poem and I want to be out of the way. But now. I love me and my life I just want to say I love my b-friend Joshua and to thank him. he's always been there, and I love him!

Cheryl

this poem really touched me because ican see all of that in me. it expresses what i feel in a away i could never do

Brandon

very interesting poem. am kinda experienced with family suicide. this is a very touching poem though, it strikes me off, but still very deep thought and very good i think

Julie

I have already sent a personal message to Kevin. He has expressed exactly everything I feel. as if I was the one writing this piece of work.

Jennie

OMG I can really relate to your poem. It is good to know that I am not alone. Thank you so much for sharing this poem. I could not even begin to tell you how much it has helped me.

Suzy

Thanks alot, it must take a lot for you to be able to share your problems with others, i too have been feeling like this for quite a while now, i don't know exactly why and i'm not exactly sure anyone cares but ur poem lets me know that i'm not the only one that has these thoughts and feelings thank you for lettin' me know it's not only me.

Chris

Great Poem, Very Touching. Have you heard Good Charlotte - Hold On. Great song about Suicide awareness. Ever since that song me & my band have wanted to make another Suicde awareness song. Do you know any websites that have got poems about suicide awareness in?

catalina

omg. ive been reading alot of poems on this site. and none have ever been so close to home as this one. its really honest. ilove it. it describes my personal feelings perfectly. i have to say thankyuo for this poem

Jazmine

This poem is how I feel all the time like I'm huting the people around me. I liked it alot.

Natalie

my words. exactly.

Chris

omg. "never finishing the Job". that was my excuse. ever seen a man cry?. stop staring. that is one of the best poems by far.

CINDY

UNBELIEVABLE! THIS IS SO ME.

Bri

i think it was great , i mean you can feel the emotion flowing on it

Larissa

Your poem was great! I have been depressed for the past 3 months and I could really relate to your poem. Thanks!

Carli

Amazing poem. understanding the dark secret of wanting to die.

Shannon

Your poem is very stunning! It has frozen me in fear. It depicts exactly how I feel/think/long for. I love this poem, it truly ministers to me.

fefe

This poem was right on the money. My thoughts once again.

Jenny

I love your poem and I can totaly relate to it. thanks for sharing!

Troubled

Wow this is an amazing poem it hits me it's exactly how i feel. I've been taking blame for others and causing all the pain and i've been praying just to die. This poem touches me like nothing before. Thank-you

Sierra

Your poem touched me greatly and filled my soul with understanding to know that i am not the only person who feels the way i do. I wish that u find true happiness.

punk

Hey, that poem soley expressed what I was going through over spring break.Thnks for writing such a strong poem.

Matt

I liked your poem.

Lacey

These words described me very well. And my friends wonder why? But o'well at least i know someone else feels this way.

Jamie

this was an excellent poem. tears came to my eyes when i read it, and i really think this could help other people as well. beautifully chosen words. i loved it

Mal

That was an amazing poem. I feel the same way. Thanks for writing it out.

julia

i like this peom a lot because it reminds me of my best friend lisa has been going through and i care about her a lot thanxs this peom means a lot to me

ann

i understand where you're coming from. i felt the same way, although i could never express it quite like you have done.

Eve

I have never seen anything that described the way i felt like this poem before! It was beautifully written. I just wanna say that i have finally gotten out of my depression after 3 long years with the help of Jesus. Without Him, I would still be stuck in hell.

Norma

these words describe me exactly, i feel i need to die, but dont want to hurt others in the process.

Kat

It as if you took my thoughts and put them into words that I could have never expressed.

Natal

What you pray for, you might receive. Death is better than long life suffering. Those around me, especially those dear to me are holding me to this life. Several times someone very close to me attempted suicide & because of that I had to change my life. Suicide runs in the family, so sometimes I wonder why I did not go all the way - I guess I'm lucky God found me

Rose

a moment passing, a moment in our lives. Blessed Be

Lisa

I'm in a really bad situation right now and I just wrote the saddest poem ever but oyurs is more than perfect its something that is so personal and yet so shared. I love you for it

april

i understand u b/c im going thrighu the same. i hope u r living ur life to the fulliest and feeling better about urself!

april

dude that was sooo deep. and i respect, u very much to express yourself so well and detailed.

satu

You touched my soul with this poem. I thought that no-one knew how I felt. I have been unable to cry for ages, the pain just crawling in my mind, eating my sanity. Now my tears run free. Thank you. You saved my life.

wow.thoughts i never could really express, put right there in front of me. Articulate, thoughtful, meaningful.I'm impressed

melissa

Your poem said a lot about how I feel. I don't think I can ever do right or make anyone happy. everyday I wake up wanting to die. Thank you for writting a poem that I can relate too. I'm not that talented to get my feelings out and reading about the same feelings I have kind of helps deal with the pain.

Alex

as I type tears are streaming down my face.you've described the pain I feel. I'm screaming but there is never anyone around to hear me!

sarah

I'm speechless. This is so totally what I feel and think that it sounds like something I would have written if I had any talent whatsoever with words.

Alison

I understand exactly what you said. This is a brilliant poem.

amber

this is exactly how i feel aboout life

Erin

Well this peom touched my heart because everyword that dripped from that pen seems like it was writting my feelings. This has a lot of feeling put into it and is a wonderful well written poem.

Missy

I thought that was an awesome poem!!!!

Kate

i thought that this poem was really good and really well written it relates to me a lot and it brought a tear to my eye to know that sumone feels the same kind of pain that im goin through

Briana

I know how you feel I feel like that alot these days your poem is my thought but put into word I loved it and hope Kevin writes more

Rebecca

All I have to say is: I understand

Holly

This poem described exactly how I was feeling a little while ago. It brought back things I didn't want to think about, but it truly is an amazing poem. It really brings the reader in so they can experience what goes on inside a suicidal person's head.

pecan

this poem touched me so much. it is exactly what i am feeling only i couldn't express it like you did. it made me think a lot about my life and others.

Carol

The nights I've lied awake in my bad all alone i think is there any one who can say things that i keep inside that i would never tell the rest of the world for the feaar that i may be called crazy that i may said to want to hurt some one when that is not at all what i want i just want to end every ones disapointment for itis all because of me. you are the one who can do so for me

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