Duty

DUTY

-noun

1. a task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons

2. respect or obedience due to a superior, older persons, etc.

3. the force that binds one morally or legally to one's obligations

4. a government tax, especially on imports

5. (British)

a. the quantity or intensity of work for which a machine is designed

b. a measure of the efficiency of a machine

6. the quantity of water necessary to irrigate an area of land to grow a particular crop

7. a job or service allocated

You asked me what motive

What duty made me look away

From the parallel worlds here reflected

But in truth I worried only

About saving my sanity