Green and White

It is my brother's graduation party,
A time for celebration
There's a crowd of people around you
Everyone else is talking and laughing
Yet you are the only one looking into the lens
With your familiar somber smile
As if you realize that soon you will be gone
And the photo will be the only memento I have of you.

Of course, you probably did know
You probably had the plan set
Maybe the letter was written,
The pills bought
But I didn't know.

This image symbolizes you in every way
In a room full of people and friends,
Yet you seem entirely alone
The camera appears to be your only companion
The only friend who will look you in the eye.

Two months after your high school graduation,
One month before your twentieth birthday
Three days before your untimely death,
You sit beneath a backdrop of green and white banners,
A loner with a dangerous plan.