Requiem

 I cower afar
As I burn my bridges.
I stand on land
While I figure a way out
I tear down every wall
That defends my doubt
I let all go
As I chase away shadows,
Nothing will stop me
From cleaving the skin
on my throat.
I clear my area
To declare my departure
From this world.
I scream my secrets
That follow silence.
Don't cry to me,
I won't listen.
I've made up my mind.
One more time,
I tell all I love
my love for them.
I lust for an afterlife
Requiem.
I know I will reach
no firmament.
And so I jump now
With knife in hand
So I don't feel the land
when I make impact.
You can run
until your feet are aching
to the bone.
But you'll never catch me
when I'm gone.

*Entered in the "Suicide" competition*