#4

You do 'come hither' like a dare. Windows of availability open from time to time, but all too often it seems for those of questionable intent, if not worth; you offer everything to the thieves, and protect yourself from the saints. The gauntlets you make aren't really for others, I suspect, but serve the darker side of you, created to keep you safely out of reach of all those who aren't "good enough", "tough enough" to make it past the wall of thorns. Some do, though, though certainly not by playing by your rules; they ignore the trials, which fade away, only having force if you choose to grant it, focused instead on the flickering author of it all. These few see something you don't, or won't, but they carry pieces, impressions, of you as gifts. One day, you may unwrap them, put the pieces together, and see. I hope so.