# A tribute ( for loved ones lost to suicide) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059 "2011-10-28T09:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/1 "2011-10-28T09:52:27Z")
I missed world suicide day last month (September 9th); in truth I had never heard of it. But my sister did not miss the day and she wrote the most beautiful poem ever for our lost brother. So, for E. An invisible hand on my shoulder, a thought that fleets through my mind, or a memory that lingers a while longer are reminders of what you’ve left behind. The questions that will never be answered, and emotions that can’t be expressed remain locked in my heart forever, as you’ve chosen to go to your rest. But the memories of you light my lifetime, and they shine through the heartache and pain, as the journey continues without you, each new day finds a place for your name. Not a day goes by that I do not think of my lovely brother and I wish that there was something I could have done that would have kept him here. For all of you suffering some of the same pain as us - a poem from the heart. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/2 "2011-10-28T10:14:54Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![jeepus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeepus/32/3593_2.png) [@jeepus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeepus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/3 "2011-10-30T16:17:26Z")
Beautiful. I’d like to share this, may I add the author’s name? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/4 "2011-10-30T17:59:24Z")
Thank you for sharing that. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/5 "2011-10-30T20:25:14Z")
Thank you for sharing this; it is beautiful. My neighbor just lost her nephew to suicide; would you mind if I shared this? I think it would help. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/6 "2011-10-30T21:43:45Z")
That is beautiful. I would like to share it with a former coworker who lost his stepson to suicide less than a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/7 "2011-10-30T22:14:20Z")
Thank you. My own big brother is frozen in time and in memory at twenty three. And it was about twenty three years ago that he died, forming an odd symmetry. Please thank your sister for me—a random stranger on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/8 "2011-10-30T22:16:35Z")
I don’t think I’ve even know anyone that’s killed themselves, and that poem still brought tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/9 "2011-11-04T07:54:51Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Thank you for sharing this; it is beautiful. My neighbor just lost her nephew to suicide; would you mind if I shared this? I think it would help. I think my sister would be glad if her words could help anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/10 "2011-11-04T08:27:24Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > That is beautiful. > I would like to share it with a former coworker who lost his stepson to suicide less than a month ago. Please see PM. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/11 "2011-11-04T11:12:58Z")
**King Bobo** , Thank you very much for sharing that. ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tribute-for-loved-ones-lost-to-suicide/601059/12 "2011-11-04T19:34:45Z")
My cousin passed away recently; thank your sister for me as well… Eli