The alarm bells screamed in my head. 

A number 1 showed up to tell me

that I had a message from someone. 

My friend had just sent me a screenshot of the chat 

he’d had with our other friend. 

My heart froze. 

And then started smashing. 

I’d just read her post about how 

she wanted to end it. 

She was going through some of the 

same things I am. 

But unlike me, she wasn’t afraid 

of suicide. 

So I read the screenshot. 

And I hung my head. 

There was no way to convince her.

My friend was trying so hard to 

tell her not to. 

But he couldn’t stop her. 

I have no idea what happens now. 

Where is she now? 

In a better place? 

Or is she still here and fighting? 

All I know is that I will fight even harder. 

Teenage suicide is not something 

to wave a hand at. 

People are dying!

When will they realize 

how badly they’re treating us? 

I have to do something. 

I can’t just sit in my cage and let 

the silence bind me. 

I have to speak. Even if it means ruin for me. 

Lives are at stake here. 

And very few seem to see that.