Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Dramatic Verse

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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Steven Henderson October 17, 2016 at 8:20 AM Freddie, this one hit me hard. I decided to take some me time the day you wrote this. After I read this, I asked for forgiveness and set out to duty. Much appreciation my friend. Freddie Robinson Jr. October 18, 2016 at 7:07 PM Well I am happy for you, Steven. Some things are too important to let slide. I learned this hard lesson myself. It is I who is the one that caused the relationship to end in this poem. Much love to you, my dear friend.

White Wolf October 14, 2016 at 9:38 PM Wow, you are knocking em out today RW. When you write it just flows out doesn't it just. What's your secret Freddie? And how many muses do you have mate? Good stuff as usual. /|\ Freddie Robinson Jr. October 17, 2016 at 1:03 AM Ty for the too kind words, Rick. It is just the spirit within, my friend. I know you know what I'm talkin' about. As for how many muses, wow, I honestly don't know. I expressed this in my poem "Prodigy." Much love to you, bruh.