Haggard (Unabridged‪)‬

***If you are feeling depressed or suicidal, GET HELP. There are several avenues available—please use them. The world is a better place with you in it.***

After a rough shift, firefighter/paramedic Isaac Mason decides to personally check up on a homeless man (commonly known as The Poet) he's spoken with on several occasions.

In doing so, the burden of witnessing so much death unveils itself and beats Isaac down into a depressive spiral in this short story.