Violent suicide, by Donna Fitzgerald

(Note: this poem contains discussion of suicide. If anyone is struggling please call Lifeline on 13 11 14)

As I drove over the Ferguson Street train bridge

I saw bunches of flowers along the barrier

And my heart sunk

Understanding a tortured soul had jumped

Then I started to see the hand print

Another side effect of Covid-19

Increasing mental illness at a rapid rise

Their only way out violent Suicide

- Donna Fitzgerald