I glanced behind me, and there it lay
A blade in my back, tearing truth away.
No wound cuts deeper, no ache so severe
Betrayal's cold edge is all I can hear.
His lies flow like blood across battered ground
His laughter erupts in a venomous sound.
The handshake that slaughtered, the vow that deceived
My armor was worthless against what I believed.
He strolls away free while I bleed out so slow
The scars may still brand me, but he'll never know.
Thus ends the promise we forged at the start
From brother to stranger-he shattered my heart.