Poem Shared At Awareness Event

Hey Everyone,

This is the poem that I read as I ended my speech at the coffee house. Statistically on average every person that commits suicide affects at least six people. After hearing that statistic I wrote this poem. Hope you all like it!

Placed a Rose

Look up, the sky
full of dark clouds.
Now the clouds cry
dark tears.
Steps are taken towards
the casket.
Her love and father of
her children places a
bright rose on her casket, the
rose leaves his fingers
just as she left his.
Her father and mother walk
brokenly gripping each
other,
her mother looks away
not wanting to see
that she could no
longer help
her.
Her father places a rose,
fully bloomed, looks
at her face and
wishes for a
smile.
Her sister walks up to her looking
back.
A rose is placed, and she
walks forward.
Her eldest daughter walks up,
then back then
up again.
Tears roll from her face
to her mothers'. She looks
up then down, slowly
the rose is placed on her
casket.
Her son looks down,only to look
up to know he is
there.
He looks at her yearningly.
Very slowly he places the
rose on her casket, and
looks up.
Her youngest daughter takes baby
steps towards her,
closes her eyes and takes
a deep breath.
She looks away and bites her lip.
She grabs her hand, cold and hard.
She looks at the rose than at her.
Placing the rose on the casket she
places her love.
One person, six roses.