This story tears my heart apart because this young man and I were friends.
Please visit the link and click on the obituary tab so you'll understand our grief.


http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Raitis-Headrick&lc=7127&pid=150615140&mid=4650595&locale=en_US

Tormented by Demons so real.
A young man only twenty four,
With a very succinct and concious decision,
Plotted his own demise with such precision.

I knew this man I thought,
Many a glass we’d raised in mirth.
I never imagined he would take himself,
From friends and family,
Here on this earth.

A perfectionist, yes.
An achiever driven to be perfect, yes.
By what force we may never know.
But in the end,
It came down to himself.

©2011 Walt Hardester