SHED NO TEARS

Written for Sherri Gibson's Coloring The World Contest using her weekly prompt.

SHED NO TEARS

Lost in a world of turmoil,
heart weary and alone,
I find no solace in living.
I may have to die to atone.

So shed no tears for me,
my longtime forever friends,
for this is the place where
my sad life's journey ends.

I have chosen the only path
that takes away the pain.
The suffering I can not bear.
Do not wish for me to remain.

Shed no tears for losing me,
in a moment of passing thought.
Remember just the good times,
it is only freedom I have sought.

Shed no tears.

Countrymom
5/21/11

Note: The prompt brought back the memory of a sister
who ended her own life many years ago.