Campaign Message
The feeling to kill oneself can come in during severe cases of Bi-polar depression. They find themselves in an uncontrollable state of mind with an extremely low mood where the patient cannot bear the torment. Ending that life is impulsive and therefore cannot be criminalized. They need medical attention not a jail sentence. Decriminalize suicide.
 
 
There are instances I’ve prayed for the heavens to stay in its place
Other times, my dearest desire was to see it fall
I tried though, but it didn’t seem to work at all
Nothing they thought helped
I closed my eyes reciting that mantra in hope
But it got hotter
Like a timed bomb ready to explode
 
If this ain’t my place then whose is it?
If I don’t belong here, who does?
If I ain’t got hold of my life, then who’s got it?
Ten thousand voices
Singing this harmonious chorus
Focus, end it
Put a blade to your wrist
Or jump off some tree
Just effing do it
 
It confuses me sometimes
Enduring this pain and traumas
I want to end it just as much as I want to live
Who’s business is it, if I do or don’t?
Putting a blade to it
Or jumping off a tree?
Is this how the world is designed to deal with people like me?
Bipolar, mentally unhealthy, that’s me
But I really want to be free.
 
 
 
By Perry Wonder
Poet/ Mental Health Activist