PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS

You are not here, in my presence now
To make up for the past, I know not how,
Little things, they hurt so much
Words, thoughts, actions and such.

You were little then, and I knew no better
Self absorbed in I to the letter,
Never knowing what would come to pass
Competing for everything, alas.

Your tiny hands, your loving face
It passed by me without a trace,
My clothes, my bike and my car
I chose to keep, I chose to spar.

Remember when, I had two
Somehow it never would do,
That I could give, mine to you
And feel happier about it too.

Remember when we had bikes
And rode our way to school,
I confess now, that you I blamed
And yet you kept your cool.

As we rode along that bumpy road
You showed your character in silence
I hang my head as I remember
That it was all on account of my obstinence.

It could've been ours
Yet I thought of mine,
It could've been we
But I thought of me.

Little brother dear, of all the things
That I rather not have done,
I am sorry most for the time that passed
Without acting like our father's son.