Baldar's Betrayal

How did Baldar feel
To know that his loved ones
Were lining up to sling
Weapons of mass destruction at him?
The golden child, the best beloved,
the petted and protected one,
finally laid bare to
the gleaming jealousies
cleverly swaddled in the guise
of good fun and the necessary testing of
promises and reassurances.
With Baldar's tourmaline eyes
forever directed inward,
the gods were free to let
nasty secrets
pass in glances between them.
In the name of love,
Baldar allowed such blows to
whistle around unshielded ears.
For him to expose these petty betrayals
would be a treason of the heart.
So Baldar stood,
hands at his sides,
the guilty innocent who
has taken more than his share
of the praises and laughter.

He collapses from within before
the killing blow is even flung.