I Knew He Was Going to Kill Himself

TW: Suicide

Image created by author

I see him sometimes in a passing car, or in the parking lot at Food Lion. An overweight middle-aged white man, wearing that blue shirt he always favored — and then I realize, it couldn’t be him. He’s dead.

I didn’t know him very well, or very long, but I could tell he was a good person. He always had a smile and never a rude word for us working at the diner. He…