Etch a Stitch

Are phantom limbs in freckled sight but prospects
when blue-green betty's eyes are slit
windows with rose-tinted goggles so the whole
mosaic is as if stained twice over
Pickled testimonies are deep fried betrayal
a half baked excuse to purge one's conscience.
But when the stakes are raised, will it all blow away
or stand firm, having sprouted roots where once
were none.