Like Heaven

I know this may sound odd, but this was my second poem for Contemporary American Poetry that I made as an elegy to Heath Ledger. I was never a huge fan of his, but thought he was a great actor and this is an account of my reactions that I felt when I found out he had died. The title is a reference to his role in "10 Things I Hate About You" when he sings to Kat.

Like Heaven

The spotlight shone upon you for
strongly defending a forbidden love that
made you weak, and for being the knight
in shining armor that stole girls’ fairy tale
hearts. Your rebellion was just a phase
until you were called out on the ten things
that she hated about you. You fought against
the norm to make yourself a revolution, and
you sacrificed yourself for the most recent
role you got to play, taking your sense of
humor a bit too seriously. 3:26 is the time
I will always remember as the moment
when I lost all hope for the rest of us when
tomorrow’s legend would never wake up.