It was summer bright but sun had fallen
Sowed and reaped death in our garden
We were penniless and ill fate befallen
friendless, jobless, so our morals forgotten

I was young and reckless but he was seasoned
Older brother could always find reason
one way or another wealth was always uneven
and that's how we'd justify lively stealing

It's like he was foreign, or unrelated to me
His distant gaze piqued curiosity in me
But with few words his mind was as dark as the sea
A world which only the surface I could see

Parentless, friendless, a sentinel and protector
Carved our own path but to me never a defector
And although his visage nearly resembled a spectre
In his eyes, he said, I was a holder of a scepter

The object of our thievery I knew him not
He said it was better if we knew him naught
And against my better judgement I fought
Dismissed the conscious screaming at my thoughts

Shadow or Nocturnal hid our path
Pick a rose's petals don't touch thorns of wrath
But within Masser and Secunda whose lighted we were bathed
Keen eye sighted what greedy soul hath

And forced greed glowed so all could see
Green beacon seeded, but, Gods, prithee
Quiet feet cocooned and with loot came esprit
But tailed, we were, by cloaked-guard banshees

Heavy bags in hand, fear in my mind
Sentinel, protector, turned behind
"Flee, sister" to me he confined
Such noble fate no meek soul could align

But my soul was meek, so I left him there
All I could muster was the weakest of prayers
My lungs burned hot so my flee was impaired
And I hid and I waited and hardly breathe I dared

Time was a fickle thing then
For hours or minutes I can't pretend
I understood what transpired then
I spent a lifetime in that shadow until the sun rose again

Outcast, thief, alone, and afraid
Knowing and not knowing upon me weighed
My friend and brother who's fate I couldn't dissuade
I only wish a farewell I could bade.

I'm sorry.

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First attempt at a longer poetry.

It's only 44 lines and certainly isn't a long poetry, I don't think, but I've gotten positive feedback from my earlier poetry and tried to make a full story out of it.

Please give feedback if you've read. Thanks!