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Suicide Monologue

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“For every 40 seconds, in this world, one suicide occurs”

"Suicide doesn't kill people, sadness kills them"

"The first sigh of love is the last step of wisdom"

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FML...FML...FML...

I must die. There is none who cries for this useless, hopeless and unlucky soul. I am nothing but a fallen dried leaf. My chest can't bear this pounding anymore. I am lost in the whirlpool of self-hate and failure and will never reach my shore. Now, I just exist. Or nearly so. What’s the point in living? I forgot to smile, to feel glad and more than that, I miss myself. So, I should cease.

Ha! I am Varun! Yeah, the same Varun, the tennis champion who has never lost for 5 years, who won 678 matches continuously, but lost in love. Haa! …show more content…

Am I doing wrong? Is this really the thing I should do? What hope do I have? Riya, not at all. I shouldn't exist. This is the only solution for my pain.

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Then, Varun saw a leg-less dog jumping with its friends.

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Look at it. What hope does it have? No creature in this world except a man kills himself. Why?

All of a sudden, the words of Arthur Ashe, the tennis legend, struck him. (Arthur Ashe had two heart surgeries and due to a blood transfusion, he got contracted HIV)

"Didn't you ever curse God, why me? for giving this disease?", asked a fan.

He replied "There are 50 million people who play tennis, 5 million people who play it seriously, 50,000 can make into leagues, 50 can reach Wimbledon, only 4 reach semis, 2 reach finals and only one stands as a winner. I won many titles in my career. I never thought Why me? then. Why should I think now?

Yes, Arthur is my inspiration. I should live.

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On walking, Varun finds a big flexi quoting the words of Zidane, French football legend

"I once cried because I had no shoes to play football with my fiends, but one day I saw a man with no feet, I realized how rich I am" -Zidane

Then, a child came running towards Varun for an

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