So Glad You Called

"Today was going to be the day
He already wrote the note
And parked that Chevrolet
At the end of that dead end road

Had his finger on the trigger
Just about to end everything
He was taking one last long breath
When he heard his cell phone ring

And his best friend said "Man, where you been?
We're heading down to the  himlake this weekend
You better not miss it cause buddy I swear
It wont be the same if you ain't there
And I told that girl that you like so much
That you were coming along and her eyes lit up

I better let you go, man I really hope
I didn't catch you in the middle of anything"
He said "You kinda did, but I don't mind at all
I'm glad you called""
~from The Call by Matt Kennon

This song really hits home for me. Last night, a guy I've known for the better part of a decade tried to commit suicide. He text me to tell me goodbye and that he loved me. He informed me that he had taken a whole bottle of pills, and had started on another. I freaked, because I'm in Missouri and he's in Louisiana.I called the few people in my phonebook that knew him, trying to get an address for his home. Everyone said he was bluffing, and majorly down-played it. I had to beg for his address. When I finally got the number for the local PD, it took them a while to find the house because it's out in the boonies.
When they finally found him, he was close to death. He was rushed to the ER, and his stomach pumped. HeMs now in ICU. If I hadn't taken him seriously, if I had been like everyone else & just decided he was bluffing, where would he be?