When did you stop loving me
And why
The universe topples, veers
And again I can’t trust anyone
Again this seasick world
Assaults my eyes with salty tears
You speak of feelings like a bank
Where my account’s come due
I’ve missed too many payments
And you’re just passing through
Because you’ve come to take my house
But you never sent a bill
And every day my telephone lay quite alone and still.
But up you came a-calling every day on that there phone
And you never ever told me that
I’d be in the cold alone
Perhaps you hid the papers
To win the greater prize
And when you came a-calling
That was the sparkle in your eyes
You loved me once, I’m sure of it
But then that could be lies
Because for the life of me I couldn’t say
How long you’ve been in disguise
We joked, we laughed, we played
And with pleasure in your voice
You’d tell me wondrous stories
Of studies that weren’t Joyce
You’d say I was delightful
Adorable and sweet
You’d tell me not to ever stop
The puns that were your treat
You’d tell me I should never ever
Stop
Being
Me
I didn’t ever ever stop
I held my head up high
Safe in the security
Of a love I thought would never die
I did all that you asked of me
And plenty more besides
So I ask again when you stopped loving me
And what and where and why