As the Fall Breaks

Injustice between brothers left un mended

With no chance left to reconcile

Will you forgive me in my memories

For I can't turn back the hands of time

Haunted by questions of what could have been

Sorrow

Shame

Regret

Friendship defiled

The smoke settles as the echo fades

This quiet stillness is so peace less

Hopeless decision made in haste

Leaving only numb the hand scrawled explanation

Why couldn't you have waited five more minutes

Why couldn't

I have spared five more of mine

Who am I to shed a tear

The hope I bear

I bore inside

The silence shatters as the fall breaks

Lifetime reflection in a momentary decent

Tragic accident without warning left so many ends untied

Why couldn't

I have said

I'm sorry

Why had I forsaken you

Brotherhood

I have defiled

The love I bare

I have denied

Brother against brother

Selfish stubborn battle

Petty qualms fester deep

Severing all ties

Principles borne to heart have all been pushed aside

Tragedy reveals this squandered wasted time

Great truths revealed through grave mistakes

Hard lessons learned through retrospect

Bite not the hand that has been offered

Deny not a hand to help another

Let bitter judgment fall the way of hate and embrace thy brethren