The Abyss

In a moment it can all change.
Feel the wind on your shoulders.
After this nothing will be ever be the same.
In a moment it can be over.

Take a deep breath, try not to be afraid.
You came here to end this.
To stop the pain.
This will be the last time you put scars on your wrist.

You want to fly.
Let go, take the fall.
Say goodbye.
Lose control, end it all.

You stand on the edge.
It's as if the abyss is calling your name.
Spread your arms on the cliff ledge.
Can this end the shame?

Will she take the plunge?
Decide to end it all in a moment.
Choose to run.
End the torment.

So many are driven to this place.
They don't want to die, they just want to forget the agony.
Feel the wind on your face.
They think it will make them free.

One kind word can turn it around.
One torturous gesture can push them to do the unthinkable.
Can make them plummet down and break on the ground.
The human mind, so fragile and breakable.

One jagged mockery can cause the first crack.
Can make their reason start to crumble.
Make them take the action that from which they can't come back.
Cause the avalanche that makes their world tumble.

We see them walking with their heads bowed.
Dark eyes look up for a moment, filled with suffering and rage.
So close to coming down.
Yet so often we ignore their pain.

Feels like they're trapped in an endless abyss.
They think they're alone.
Perhaps they'll take the risk.
Plummet into the unknown.

The unknown regions of death.
The knife calls their name.
Will they let it take their final breath?
After this it will never be the same.

Will you help them, or ignore their silent pleas?
Will you stand as they're minds are torn apart?
Will you look away as they bleed.
Will you deaden your heart.

Pretend not to hear as they're crying.
Be afraid of standing out in the crowd.
Or will you be the only thing that will stop them from dying.
Will you defend them when everyone else backs down?

You can save a life.
Change the dark emotions course.
Or watch as they die.
The choice is yours.

You can decide whether they'll just be another hollow sentence on the news.
Or you can be that one true friend.
It's time for you to choose.
You're the only thing standing between them and the end.

So she stands on the edge of the abyss.
Tears fall down her face.
She never thought it would come to this.
Will you be the one to bring her back from this place?