Penultimate Split Seconds

Before you pull the trigger, before you draw the knife
step back to evaluate before you take a life
Before you break the goblet, before you drop the cup
step back to evaluate before you take a sup
Before you hint the secret, before you let the slip
step back to evaluate before you take a scrip
Before you leap the building, before you make the lunge
step back to evaluate before you take a plunge
Before you say the dreadful, before you speak the vile
step back to evaluate before you take a wile
Before you grant the promise, before you give the oath
step back to evaluate before you take a troth
Penultimate split seconds, before you to negate,
step back to evaluate before it is too late