nudges of the shoulder
jokes made
jokes made
understood by only one
brotherly but
not brothers
slaps on the back
holding them up
in the worst times
the comradery
dulls with
decisions made
the ease of it
hurts the bond
backs turned
in a moment
of blind pride
hard as it ever was
brotherly bond
gone
it tears one apart
as he walks the wound
open
never seeing the huddle
that he leaves
or the life the other
brethren held him to
not just his fraternity
but his home
so hard was the
abandon for them
he never knew
the feelings spent
on the one that left
all for one
as the three
should be
one takes his
world for granted
compromise
not needed
for the lost
or for the proud
jjay–