You act like you're
So scarred
So broken
Like your past
Of hurt
And hate
Is one that can't
Be fixed.
I know why
You left
It's the same reason
I want
To leave.
Fear.
You were scared
That someone
Loved you
After all this time
Of having no one
While
I'm scared
That the someone
I love
Isn't here
And now I'm alone.
The Doors
Can wait
If I had to
I'd pry them open
Myself
My fingernails
Torn and bloody
To get to you.
I knew what I
Signed up for
When I decided to care
For you.
So don't tell me
You're better off
Without me
Because even if that's true
There is nothing to me
Without all of you.
- Her
YOU ARE READING
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
