Yesterday
Another soul gave up
Departed this life
For she’d endured enough
She couldn’t take
This world anymore
So she took flight
From behind closed doors
We’ll never know
The final trigger
But something snapped
Something she just couldn’t figure
A way out from
No apparent escape
The only option
Her own life to take
The outpouring of grief
We now see
The abundance of love
Is a tragedy
For she’ll never feel it
Too little too late
The odds were stacked against
This vilified victim of hate
I didn’t know her
But her death resonates
In bleaker times
Have I contemplated such a fate
But I never had to contend
With the added pressure
Of overwhelming scrutiny
And being tabloid fodder
Whatever took place
On that December day
Should not have ended
In this utterly heartbreaking way
That a tormented young woman
Had to kill herself
For people to finally realise
How badly she needed help
To deal with a world
That had seemingly turned it’s back
Upon the beautiful but broken star
We knew as Caroline Flack.