I saw you
As a beautiful life
The one I adored for all eternity.
I saw you
As a striking young man
With a troubled heart
But perfect potential.
I saw you
With fireflies glowing around your head
With that laugh and toothy grin
And yes
I fell for what I saw.
But now?
Now all I see
Is a skeletal memory
Of what you used to be.
But now?
Now all I see
Is a nightmare
Hiding in the face
In the arms, the legs
The body
Of the one I love.
- Her
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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
