Trust is a truly fragile thing
And unstable if balanced on a pillar
You alone are responsible for your own trust
You alone are responsible for how high you raise expectations

People rarely live up to the hopes you have for them
And the more you hope, the more of a dream they become
You can build a person in your mind far removed from the truth
And so, you build trust like sand castles before the impending tide

The water of their reality laps away at your beautifully created dream
And leaves you looking wistfully at the image you had so carefully crafted
Just a slightly raised mound of illusion, sinking back into nothingness
Such is the way with trust built on suppositions and wishes

All the pain you endure when the pillars come crashing down
Are your own fault for standing beneath them in the first place
No one will ever live up to your expectations if you molded them of fantasy
So, the problem with pillars is the crushing weight of reality.

-Master Dingo