We were careless

Reprinted and expanded from https://takenote347.wordpress.com/2022/11/19/concerning-us/

We were careless of each other 
We let our attention slip, taking
For granted there would always
Be an us, constants in our world
We were careless of each other
Letting the us slip, sure that we
Could forget and not be forgotten
That we could wander and be
Welcomed back, certain there
Would be no change in the winds
To take us off course, careless

Sure that no button would pop
Certain there would be no change
In the winds to take us off course
We were careless of each other 
Sure that we could forget and not 
Be forgotten; that we could wander 
And be welcomed back Certain 
That nothing would ever change
We were the constants in our world
Taken for granted one of the other

Careless but at ease expecting that
No thread could unravel Sure that 
The sails would hold against all 
Adverse weather Sure the compass
Was true even if we did not pay
Attention to rocky shoals or ominous
Clouds Watching the buoys bobbing
In shallow waters or the waves in the
Deep we left the bridge certain no
Change would sink us or take us adrift