Susceptible Aversion

Blood of your blood, flesh of your
flesh; a partner to the marriage contract;
one to whom we give our trust through
a covenant of close friendship, matters
may not necessarily be as they are
assumed in the wake of confession,
declarations, expressions of faith
and trust vested in that intimate
relationship. Those revelations
imparted in that spirit of trust,
the avowals, admissions revealing
the inner self's concerns may prove an
irresistible resource to those who
do not unduly concern themselves with
violation of trust, succumbing to spite
when recrimination and bitterness
enter the resentful mind precision-bound
to probe within for carefully filed
vulnerabilities in a conflict that
does not recognize the white flag of
future reconciliation. The choice
is there, be aware and withhold
those precious, rare inner thoughts
rather than risk a psychical conflagration
inured to redemption. Or take your chances,
reveal all and assume your naked soul
will never face betrayal. Or, as the
wizened hag says, whisper revelations
of the inner mind to the family pet.