She wanted to save me
But I was a foolish Icarus
Just learning how to fly
I felt like a tired Atlas
Sick of holding up the sky.- Him

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I Told Him (Wattys 2014)
PoetryShe told him not to do it but he took his life anyway. Told in free-verse poetry with sparse limerick/rhyming qualities, you don't know their names, but you'll forever remember their story. #Wattys2014
Him
She wanted to save me
But I was a foolish Icarus
Just learning how to fly
I felt like a tired Atlas
Sick of holding up the sky.- Him