Oh Brother

Remember? when we sat and planned
we counted days, fingers on our hands
no bond shared was ever stronger
no foul noisome prison ever longer
it was just me and you, you and me
for anything else, there was no need
days ticked by, weeks and then years
there was no voice for that of our fears
one day dawned, bright and clear
it was no different, I had you near
yet there were changes unseen
the stuff of my truest dream
suddenly doors were flung wide
there was no reason alive to hide
from the glimmering ocean of hope
the garish glittering string of rope
if I had known stepping into that light
that you would disappear from sight
I would step back and call you forward
victory without you is more than I can afford
a bitter fruit that dulls the senses
everything around me tenses
preparing for life without my rock
to be flung into the tide, and loose memory of the dock.