Letter in Blood

Look into my eyes
filled with pity and despair
know that your children will never have a daddy
because you were never there

i blame myself
when our children ask me why
i can't answer them
because i never knew you wanted to die

was life really the horrible
that you had to take your life
did you think about what you were doing
to your children and your wife

you took an act of selfishness
you threw it all away
i never knew it would come to this
on that horror of a day

but worst of it is
your children saw you lying on the floor
they thought you were playing a game
until the blood came dripping from your sore

there was a note left on the table
and inside it you said
"you would be better off without me
you would like it better if i was dead"

life has not gotten better
it has only made me think
how did you write that letter in blood
when you were covered in ink