The Actual Breaking Up Poem by Vihanga Perera

In the end, the actual breaking up
Is not by the least justified
By the strain that precedes and
The pain which the mere
Thought of it breeds: like a

Drop that slides down your thigh, or
The first thunder that marks the end of a wait
- Or, the loosening that relaxes the constipate,
Or, the first caressing tear to leave your eye -

Break up is a calculated
Summoning and release of force
Like loving, longing and possessing:
A graceful release, and a withdrawal of which
Only the desperate and the loved one knows.