Patterns

Established roles
present problems
over time

Eventually,
one wants to play against type,

The resentment brews
if another continually calls the shots

And that breakdown
can create fractures

I never protested
under the guidance
of the many seductions

But there were times
when I craved to initiate
and you were rarely open to it

I would have taken charge
and I know that was a key contributor
to the downfall,
but that pattern
prevented it
from ever happening.