Can You be Just as Sure

Is there a blow dealt, that is more crippling

Than a fist to the already tattered and scarred places within?

Is there a betrayal more devastating

Than to discover the one who dealt the blow is already known to you?

For who knows the paths to these vulnerable places better than those dear hearts you trust?

And no matter if their lovely hands ... or tongues, are wrapped in velvet

They can be sure they'll make their mark.

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But Dear Hearts, can you be just as sure
 That your means will always justify the end?