When [ ] tells me they wish their parents had [ ] so it would be easier

Content Warning: This poem contains potentially triggering material on the subject of suicidal ideation.

Benjamin Bartu is a poet & writer. He is the winner of the Blood Orange Review’s inaugural poetry contest, and a Fishtrap Fellowship finalist. His writing has appeared in The Adroit Journal, The Tahoma Literary Review, Witness Magazine, GASHER, The Hunger, & elsewhere. An Associate Editor at Palette Poetry & Editor at Literistic, he can be found on twitter @alampnamedben.