I HAVE KILLED MYSELF

I have killed myself
a thousand times;
I have shot myself,
stabbed myself,
hung myself,
drowned myself,
and lost myself
    in the isolated wilderness.

I have even killed myself
by staring at the stars.

I have been dead
since the day you left me.

I only kill myself
again and again
in my head
to cope with
this feeling of death
around my heart.

But I hope in time
it will pass.

Copyright ©2016 Ashi Shadow - 3/2/16 on Averi.
The third stanza was originally "the reality is that/I am already dead/I died the day/you left me."
The last two lines were added after the initial writing.