Balanced checks

They never really were close
but they were inseparable
the way
they orbited
one another
in a triangle
of treachery
the constant
affirmation
that one of them
had not outdone the other.
The checks and balances
became unbearable
if you were a bystander
But, for them
it was the only way to be.
They built a family legacy
on forgotten hurts.