Oh Lost One

Oh one so sensitive and frail
Born of a line so closely cast
Your fate was early sealed
And T’was so unbelievably fast

When sensitivities so strongly touched
Are held so deep within the breast
When the mind so fails to numb the pain
So anguish builds to an uncontrolled crest

Accumulation of a host of related stresses
Controlled over years by meds slow crawl
Until the eventual takeover of body and soul
Demanded return to the reality of withdrawal

But who could have predicted the final outcome
That would so disturb the frail mind
That the only solution seemed to be
To end it all and leave mankind behind

So all alone with thoughts so dire
You sought a tranquil watery solution
And carried it out to final fruition
The end so sudden a final resolution

Oh one so sensitive and frail
Born of a line so closely cast
Lost to us now so all alone
Your memory with us will forever last



Sombre reflections on the death of a dear one by suicide over Niagara Falls


John Cornick
Halifax, NS

  Submitted By: John Cornick