Last Words of an Overly Sensitive Young Man

[Jassy Melson]

Soon it will be over for me.
No more pain, anguish or hunger,
no more hell on earth for me.
I cannot live with this pain.
So goodbye lovely world.
I wish I could have known you longer,
but I just couldn't take any more
of the anguish you were giving me.
I couldn't stand the hunger
you so indiscriminately dished out.
The hell you gave me
was just too much to bear.
So farewell beautiful world.
Living with you was too much to take.
You battered my soul too hard,
you tore my spirit into shreds
and then you said "What's wrong
with you--are you depressed--
let me kiss it and make it better."
Damn you--I wish I had never
known you. Damn you,
I'm through with you.
F u c k it.

[everyadventure]

Jassy, I hope this is more an exercise of self-expression, and that you don't really feel this way. As a poem, it definitely conveys emotion and intensity. These lines especially rang true: "and then you said "What's wrong / with you--are you depressed-- / let me kiss it and make it better." I've heard words like that before, it just makes you want to hit something because they don't get it.

[Jassy Melson]

I tried to convey in the title that this was written taking a young man's point of view. I'm 63 so I have nothing to do with the young man in question.

[everyadventure]

I tried to convey in the title that this was written taking a young man's point of view. I'm 63 so I have nothing to do with the young man in question.
Yes, you did a VERY fine job of that! In fact after reading it I went to peek at your profile and had a good laugh when I saw you are semi-retired! Glad to hear it!

[Jassy Melson]

I admit that when I was in my twenties I went through a storm and stress period where thoughts of doing myself in entered into my being. Fortunately, I got over it.