Ever Fallen......

Lip Service

He comes home every night
Once the love they had was fine
But the love has long since faded
Like the taste of cheap red wine

His kisses are lip service
To the twenty years they're wed
He loves her on a Friday night
Another's face fixed in his head

He keeps his eyes shut tight
And loves her in the dark
Unsatisfied rolls over
Hears the beating of his heart

He feels he's doing time
So he wishes time was gone
If time would just be over
His time with her'd be done

She watches him with fearful eyes
And tries a new hairstyle
But knows that she is losing him
And smiles her broken smile

He does not want to hate her
But he sees life passing by
He knows that bitterness will grow
If he stays another while

He hates to break her heart
But he knows there must be more
One last kiss ends his lip service
As he walks on out the door

Carole Bone

..... in love with someone you shouldn't