Realizations start to stick when bein the betrayed and the  and the betrayed are met with an equal amount of disgust. Trust us something that probably must be earned. Bit by bit the gauntlet of tests takes place to decipher a worthy soul. 


"Do you know how many tests you've passed since we met?"
"You broke my heart!" 
    
     All the puzzle pieces 
have split and separated 
    across a hot pink 
        shag carpet 
   forever lost in the thick yarn
      static unable to move 
  forever frozen in dry ice 
      brittle and frail 

Devil's advocate commeraderie
     which one existed 
smashed with a large pestle and mortar 
     ground essence of emotion 
         tossed into the cool 
   North wind on the first full moon 
        of the annual lineage 
Fright of verity 
   cowardice acts 
bonded with dust and gold 
     grateful for another lesson