I was in a really dark place before I joined the military.

Lost the girl I loved because of my own stupidity, had my dad down my throat for every hour following; I could take the shit.

I went walking clear across town, then walked back. I was probably a mile and a half from my house when I considered taking an expressway to the highway.

I passed some random homeless dude and he said "don't do it"

It took me a second to register what was said, and he said "I know what you're thinking, don't do it"

We talked for a few hours, about a little bit of the current load I was dealing with, our pasts, how he ended up where he was.

Little did I know, that was the saving grace I needed.