Should I Have Stayed

901 Memory Ln.

Casper, Wy 82601

11th, Feb. 2018

Dear Cataloguers of Memories and Deliverers of Verdicts,

Should I have stayed?

Was it right?

Life then, felt

Devoid of light.

Why, every night

The halls filled,

With anger and gall.

As they fought

Fraught with spirits.

But then, a light.

To cleanse this blight,

My brother.

I left.

As if by way,

Of theft.

Across the arid,

To the plains.

From dry Arizona,

By plane, to Wyoming.

My future, here

Is bright I swear.

This was

For the best.

For me, at least.

From my own behest.

Did I think of them?

Yes, a little.

Their relationship,

It was brittle.

I told myself

They’d be okay.

Several months passed

I got a call, about

An angry brawl.

My Parent,

They’d been stabbed

By the other.

A week later,

A now ex-lover

Was then errant.

But now,

They seem fine.

The other sips

Their wine, content

The first has

A thirst,

For life.

A marriage, torn asunder.

Was it life anew in triplicate?

Or merely a blunder?

So in the end,

Was what I did

Alright?

Should I have stayed?

Eagerly awaiting your reply,

William Endelman.