So sweet the love <br />so bitter the break up <br /> <br />the heart-shaped <br />watch <br /> <br />you bought me <br />to confirm our relationship <br /> <br />I now hand back <br />(having no time for it) <br />& you try to hand it back <br /> <br />& I give it back <br />& you give it back <br /> <br />& so on <br />back & forth until <br /> <br />you throw it <br />on the ground <br /> <br />& in a temper tantrum <br />grind your stiletto <br /> <br />into it <br />as if <br /> <br />you were <br />trying to stamp it out <br /> <br />all the love <br />you put into it <br /> <br /> this the gift <br />of you. <br /> <br />The watch pleads <br />for its life <br /> <br />in useless tick tocks <br /> <br />& unlike <br />my heart <br /> <br />remains unbroken <br />steadfast to the last. <br /> <br />You pick it up <br />& drive off <br /> <br />in a fury. <br /> <br />I cry the tears <br /> <br /> <br />I couldn’t cry <br />with you <br /> <br /> <br />...without you. <br /> <br />They blur the sky <br />stain it until it runs <br />into sunset. <br /> <br />A seagull blown inland <br />observes all this <br /> <br />& <br />laughs.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/so-sweet-the-love/
