The contest requires that a poem be written using at least nine of the following words: Angel; Heart; Steel; Death; Cry: Smile; Love; Shatter; Run; and Hide. As it turns out, I used all ten. This was written with someone in mind; however, my life has been touched more times than I care to admit by someone's suicide or suicide attempt. Those who were successful (seems a strange term to use when someone takes their own life, doesn't it?) have forever changed my life in ways I cannot even begin to share with you. The most recent one was in May and is still sending reverberations through our church and community. I don't cast judgement as I have been so dangerously close due to constant physical pain in the midst of some soul-shattering events and know how easy it is to slip into that bottomless black hole. I just pray that anyone even remotely considering doing this will make that phone call or reach out to someone first.

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