A/N. This was inspired by Back to Six by Hurricane Amy which is brilliant and reminded me why I love freeverse in the first place!
ONE DAMN WATCH
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
They take him for his watch
and
L
E
A
V
E
her
with twenty years of
r/e/g/r/e/t/s
and
a:n:g:e:r
and
heart|break
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
She is only
little
\five years old/
so they never really
think
it will hurt her
-quite-
-as-
-much-
as it does
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
They all keep an eye
on her
(MOM-DEREK-KATHLEEN-NANCY-LIZZIE)
but they can't be there
all the time
so when she
F
L
I
E
S
off the rails
no one's
w/a/t/c/h/i/n/g
(they don't call her
h-u-r-i-c-a-n-e AMY
for nothing)
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
O-1-N-1-E
more
just one more
to ease the pain
It's so much
b-e-t-t-e-r
with the clouds
covering her eyes
because the truth is
farfarfar
too painful
to bare
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
BEATbeBEATbeBEATbe-
she's dead for three minutes
/\/\/\/\_(dead)_
They bring her back from the edge
when really
she's happy never coming back
because
WHAT'S THE POINT
when it feels like no one
really c/a/r/e/s
?
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
She cleans up her
act
puts things right
and the years
fly by
(and the
l-i-t-t-l-e g-i-r-l
she was
and
the
hUrRiCaNe
she became
are left behind)
...
She moves on with her life
but still
every/so\often
she remembers
how it felt
to lose
her d-a-d-d-y
and she cries herself to sleep
because inside
that little girl never grew up
[[not really]]
...
[ [ It was all for a watch. ] ]
((One d-a-m-n watch.))
...
A watch for all that pain
...
Any thoughts?