Can we let go of the past ?

Is it so easy to break up with a friend
When you tread on uncertain water
and you make a mistake, and he reacts differently,
Can you blame a brother for him being him

Is it so easy to break a relationship
With a brother, if all he did was make a choice
And it meant choosing one over the other
With a plea to forgive and with time, forget

Maybe all you have to do is sneeze
And all the years of trust and love built up
Can simply be washed away ? if one mistake, one
error or one deviation from the straight and narrow
change this course of this relationship.

Brothers, I must ask for your forgiveness
And my retreat shall then, slowly but surely, ease
the relevance of this equation, for
I made the biggest mistake of not valuing you, as you