Suicide Poem by Thomas Ligotti

[Ligottian]

The Note

Everyone says that
the universe is a marvel.
But you never thought that.

Everyone says that
life is well worth having.
But you never thought that.

What you thought
was contained in a note
pinned to your hanged body.

Everyone thought that
your hand was beautiful.
But they never said anything.

 

[Callie Arcale]

I don't understand the last stanza. What does it mean?

 

[Ligottian]

I think it meant that the people who found him thought his handwriting was nice but they could not speak about what he wrote in the note.

 

[Interloper]

Or that no one reached out to him. Not even telling him 'his hand was beautiful' when he was still alive. Or they only think that now that he is dead so other people get the impression that those people cared for him. (I'm sure you know the trope where a kid commits suicide and suddenly the whole school cares) idk though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[D&D]

The hand that tie the rope. Was. Beautiful.
If someone told them. It might still be. Beautiful. The hand.