Queen of Hearts

/ Gardy Loo Pismire

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

You tell me you want to keep our love alive

I tell you I want to be free

You want me to hold your hand

Until you’ve decided to be rid of me

You think that you have the advantage here

Your game so neatly played

You have counted on that fistful of hearts

Resting so neatly in your hand

To win this lovers game

You’ve used your charms quite nicely

Much like a card-counting pro

You think you hold all the cards

But I am now a worthy foe

The surety of my love for you

You mistakenly believe

Binds me to you forever

And to the rules of this game

But now I hold something more important

Than your Queen of Hearts

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Confident she’ll win the game

Thinking you have me beat

But I hold onto my dignity tightly

And play this hand so sweet

In the guise of the lowly 2’s

I use them 2 walk away

2 reject the “love” you feel for me

2 let peace fill my heart

2 feel my emotions again

2 laugh in the face of disappointment

2 love deeply even if it is not you

And instead of loving the game

That we are used to playing

I find a new understanding

That I hold the cards this time

And the heart no longer rules

But bends to the lowly 2

So I lay down my hand

And  quickly walk away

No longer do I turn and look back

I keep my eyes straight ahead

For I have finally won this hand

The game is surely dead

There are no winners here

No winner take all

But finally I have found myself

And once again stand tall

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3 thoughts on “Queen of Hearts”

  1. As Kenny would say…. You got to know when to hold em and know when to fold em. Know when to walk away and know when to run…….. We can look over your shoulder and wish you well, but you’re the only one who can play out your hand. Good luck.

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  2. “You want me to hold your hand
    Until you’ve decided to be rid of me”

    Heartbreaking. I do pray your time away was, and will continue to be, his wake-up call. Women are told often enough that we can’t change men. Time men realized they can’t change women, either. Love is the only thing that ever can.

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