Dear Lord, Hangman's Prayer

Dear lord, Help me now
I'm about to join your ranks
As another one of the unheard
Individuals who lost their
Fight with the system

Dear lord, Help me now
I couldn't keep up the fight
It was a burden I couldn't
Bear to carry any longer
A terrible fight

Dear Lord, I'm about to leave
I'm about to leave this earth
I'm going to join you in your ranks
A prayer from the gallows
A suitable thing

Dear Lord, Help me now
I can't keep up this pretense
Give me the strength I need to end it
Give me the strength to leave
I can't do it, Lord

Dear Lord. I'm sorry
I know taking one's own life is sin
But in reality, how could it be?
Shouldn't it be sin to cause
Another person to feel like
The only solution is to
Take their own life?

Dear Lord, Why isn't that in your Ten Commandments?
Isn't that just a way of saying it's okay
To kill them indirectly
Through use of words
Instead of actual violence?

Dear Lord, Help me now.
I'm going to join your ranks
It's the prayer of the Hangman's noose
Just slip that rope around my throat
Knock me down off this chair
And hope it doesn't take
Too long...

Dear Lord..Please take
Another wayward sinner
Into your ranks