Why did you do it?

What was going through your head
when you were punching and pushing
what was happening inside
when I yelled at you to stop and you didn’t
what did you feel
when his head went smack crack
on the ground?

What the hell
what the fuck
what on this god damn earth
made you lift your foot
ready to stamp down
and smash his face
take his life
did my shout really stop you?

You have a good heart
I know this
I know it
but I’m finding it pretty hard
to match that man I know
with what I saw today.

I held his head bleeding on the floor
I thought that was it
that he would slip through my fingers
and succumb to death
while I screamed for help

But don’t worry
I didn’t tell
I didn’t say your name
because its the last thing you need right now

But damn its going to be hard to sleep tonight
and I won’t know how to look you in the eye.

But they saw you
on cctv
and they know you
and so I may never even have the chance
to ask you why.