No One

This is a poem my friend Shannon wrote after a high school classmate committed suicide:

No One
NO ONE should be a NO ONE
NO ONE should hurt that bad
Or feel that heartache from their heartbreak

NO ONE should understand that kind of pain
NO ONE should see themselves as nothing
NO ONE should get to that point

NO ONE can understand the NO ONE
NO ONE can ever see
Or fix the fragile shattered life

NO ONE should feel they are NO ONE
To every NO ONE there is an inner SOMEONE
And to God every NO ONE is His

He can understand the NO ONE
He’s the only one to ever see
Or comprehend the pain and heartache of the NO ONE

NO ONE should be a NO ONE
NO ONE should hurt that bad
Or feel that heartache of bitter pain

God sees the potential of the NO ONE
He bought each NO ONE with a price
Through His son the NO ONE finds the SOMEONE

But what if the SOMEONE can’t be found
How can the NO ONE get so lost?
How did the NO ONE forget the Father’s love?

NO ONE should feel alone
NO ONE should see their life as wasted or without use
For it’s the NO ONE’s who change my life every day

The NO ONE lights the way
The NO ONE who smiles despite unfriendly stares
The NO ONE who laughs

NO ONE sees the NO ONE cry
NO ONE could ever comprehend
Or imagine the hopelessness of the NO ONE

Who in my life is a NO ONE?
How can I help them to see the way
To find their way to the SOMEONE

What will happen to the NO ONE,
The one lost and so alone?
Only through God can the SOMEONE be found.

Shannon Christina Malan