Where were you?

Where were you, when I called your name?
You were lost, trying the ways of the world, on for size
Where were you when I reached out to hold your hand?
You were salivating over perversity, drunk up to your eyes.

Where were you, when I asked if I could see you?
You had no time; you couldn’t take your eyes off your pay check
Where were you, when I wanted to comfort you in your grief?
You sat with your pals, drank in the smoke, spat out the verbiage, said “Hey! What the heck?”

Where were you, when I asked you to make a choice?
You said “There’s always time for that”
Where were you when I pleaded with you, to your face?
You were not convinced, as you half smiled looking back.

Where were you, when I said “I’ll wait”?
You took a look at your watch and said “Wish could, but got things to do today”
Where were you when, someone told you that I took your punishment?
You looked aside and thought “Shucks! There’s got to be an easier way”.

Where were you, when I sweat those drops of blood thinking ‘bout you?
Where were you, when without any guarantee I gave it all up?
Where were you when those nails went through, those whippings blood drew, the mockings and insults too, I gave my life, my all for you, for you
Where were you?

This is dedicated to ‘You’, my young brother, my young sister.
"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.”
Isaiah 1:18