Silence shuts up
Understanding dies
Interest is forbidden
Culture truth denies
Initiated by fear
Discomfort recognise
Ended
Pause and take a moment
Reach and simply ask
Enquire without judgment
Value what seems too vast
Engender your listening ear
Never lose sight of hope
Take a risk and use the word
It may be the last sentence spoke
Out loud. ‘Are you thinking about suicide?’
Now was it so hard to ask to help someone stay alive?