Dereliction of Duty
Your searching eyes were looking elsewhere
when the storm clouds came rolling in
They coveted someone else's treasured heart
You didn't warn me of the danger
looming on the near horizon
Furthermore, you didn't even tell your best friend
Angry dark skies
reveal your hidden buried lies
I was sold a shipment of counterfeit art
But this fake portrait of yourself
was the most damning piece of all
All this time, I thought you really did care
This relationship is shipwrecked,
there's nothing more to say
Your dereliction of duty
put our love in harm's way
Roiling turbulent skies
swiftly caught me by surprise,
as you abandoned this sinking relationship
And every captain who's set out to sea
accept the consequences of neglect fully
So must I now, standing on the prow,
with regrets drowning words of forgiveness
trapped in sealed lips
This relationship is shipwrecked,
all hope got tragically castaway
It was your dereliction of duty,
your uncaring neglect that doomed us,
and put our once buoyant love in harm's way
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