Selfishness

The choice you made was selfish  
and it broke your mother's heart  
to think that her own daughter  
had chose to just depart..
 
As she spoke about the moment  
you called and said those words  
she spoke of how she trembled  
to even speak a words..
 
When paramedics rescued  
the life your mother gave  
I saw all of the terror  
from the choice
that you had made..  
 
So selfish was the action  
to just give up and die  
I am lost from all that's happened  
the tears I cannot cry..
 
What I thought  
was just a moment  
A lifetime we could share  
but now I see the difference  
that's far beyond compare..
 
I make the choice to step away  
it's harder than I thought  
for I cannot stand by waiting  
For the life that you forgot..
 
Mental health is deeper  
Then some can understand
they will never get to witness  
the depth of its demand..
 
for when you drive  
a broken road  
you cannot see the bend
so reckless your decisions  
When you crash from deep within..
 
By: Tiffany Long
3.10.2024