Until You Disappeared from View

Was it the fool in me or the damage in you?

Disturbing the waters in this sea of blue

Struggling below the waves as they grew

Until you disappeared from view,

What is love but a way to get caught?

Off guard, off balance, too high a price to be bought

Yet, there you were, a jewel among the rot

How could I have known what I had got?

You were just a Dust Devil in a sand box

Your black hair too short for locks

After making love pulling up my sox

You were like gold in Fort Knox,

But for the betrayal that we both dabbled in

I, the foolish suitor and you leaving him

Seems we just couldn’t out run our sin

Soon the old pattern you would once again begin,

Love does not come implanted

Nor does it last for those who take it for granted

Little did I know you’d leave me stranded

They should have brought me in single handed,

How could I have foreseen all of this?

Looking for love all with just a kiss

Feeling like a fool feeling hopeless

Playing the game of life hit or miss

You were that odd cloud that blotted out the sun

Casting that shadow that just seemed to stun

Beckoning me to stay when I should have run

Breaking someone else’s heart while I was having fun,

A ghost in the water

The playful splash of a river otter

Rightfully so that I became your cannon fodder

A wiser man would have long ago forgot her.