Strange Fruit in a Poisoned Forest

Suicide isn’t painless. It’s a concrete action for a temporary situation. The person who committed the act is in a mental fugue or fog. The anguish overtakes them and they can’t feel the sunshine or see a positive solution. If you feel that way all the time or sometimes; please, please, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 1–800–273–8255.

Check on your people, call them, text them, talk to them. NOW!

I unfortunately read about a few women who took their own life. The darkness overtook them. I feel awful for their families and friends. I…

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author, poet, playwright, recording artist, actor, founder and host of Outliers Poetry Brunch

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Carol Durant

author, poet, playwright, recording artist, actor, founder and host of Outliers Poetry Brunch