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Found out I lost a friend today.
30 years old... took his own life. He was a veteran and a victim of PTS. I recall he was with the first wave of troops to enter Iraq way back at the very beginning of the war in the 2000's... during one of his tours he vehicle was blown up by an IED... I never heard the full story as vets don't like to talk about it... I just know he spent a year becoming human again.
Just this past May he finished his Masters and all seemed like he was going to move on to better things... ... instead on Nov. 14 he took his life.
Find myself feeling like this... as I always looked up to (and was jealous of him for many reason!!):
"Richard Cory"
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.And he was rich – yes, richer than a king –
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.—Edwin Arlington Robinson
- :( sorryMaaku
- Sorry for your loss.garbage
- Sorry for it Kev, sad :(OBBTKN
- oh man, that's rough. sorry :/scarabin
- He couldn't deal with his thoughts anymore?********
- He couldn't deal with his thoughts anymore?********
- So sorry for your loss pb. xo
*hugsea_sea - Sorry for your loss Ponycapn_ron
- Ah, shit.detritus